A61B 5/4238
Stomach
Official title: {stomach}
A61B5/4238 (Stomach) appears on 212 US grants and 341 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 212
- Published applications
- 341
- Assignees
- 179
- Inventors
- 605
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 4 |
| 2003 | 1 | 5 |
| 2004 | 2 | 6 |
| 2005 | 1 | 5 |
| 2006 | 6 | 10 |
| 2007 | 2 | 5 |
| 2008 | 0 | 8 |
| 2009 | 4 | 13 |
| 2010 | 4 | 11 |
| 2011 | 1 | 7 |
| 2012 | 6 | 16 |
| 2013 | 6 | 9 |
| 2014 | 10 | 9 |
| 2015 | 11 | 20 |
| 2016 | 8 | 24 |
| 2017 | 17 | 21 |
| 2018 | 12 | 25 |
| 2019 | 19 | 30 |
| 2020 | 12 | 19 |
| 2021 | 14 | 24 |
| 2022 | 15 | 21 |
| 2023 | 15 | 14 |
| 2024 | 14 | 12 |
| 2025 | 10 | 16 |
| 2026 | 5 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Gastric resident electronics8 Sep 2026US 12,727,827 B2Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Biosensors for the gastrointestinal tract4 Aug 2026US 12,697,044 B2Enterasense Limited
- Stretchable microelectronic fibers and their assemblies as multifunctional bioelectronic interfaces for whole organs4 Aug 2026US 12,697,486 B2Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Method and material to acquire magnetic resonance imaging data23 Jun 2026US 12,661,413 B2The Regents of the University of California
- Methods and apparatus for accessing and monitoring the gastrointestinal tract3 Feb 2026US 12,539,258 B2Gravitas Medical, Inc.
- Systems and methods for mapping of gastrointestinal tract20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240452 A1Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Methods and apparatus for accessing and monitoring the gastrointestinal tract2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183198 A1Gravitas Medical, Inc.
- Method, computer program product, analysis device, and system for identifying and localizing an unhealthy gut state in a gastrointestinal tract4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151047 A1Stichting IMEC Nederland
- Sleeve gastrectomy assisting device4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151245 A1Ajou University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
- Methods and apparatus for accessing and monitoring the gastrointestinal tract14 May 2026US 2026/0130829 A1Gravitas Medical, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Gastric treatment and diagnosis device and method1,899US 6,535,764 B2IntraPace, Inc. · 2003
- Methods and devices for measuring impedance in a gastric restriction system876US 8,192,350 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2012
- Medical device for analyte monitoring and drug delivery548US 7,291,497 B2Theranos, Inc. · 2007
- Implantable artificial partition and methods of use423US 7,160,312 B2USGI Medical, Inc. · 2007
- Gastric device and instrument system and method381US 7,076,305 B2IntraPace, Inc. · 2006