A61B 5/4255
Intestines, colon or appendix
Official title: {Intestines, colon or appendix}
A61B5/4255 (Intestines, colon or appendix) appears on 374 US grants and 604 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 374
- Published applications
- 604
- Assignees
- 310
- Inventors
- 1,269
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 7 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4 |
| 2004 | 4 | 10 |
| 2005 | 1 | 4 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2 | 6 |
| 2008 | 0 | 7 |
| 2009 | 3 | 7 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5 |
| 2011 | 8 | 9 |
| 2012 | 6 | 17 |
| 2013 | 6 | 17 |
| 2014 | 17 | 24 |
| 2015 | 12 | 46 |
| 2016 | 13 | 36 |
| 2017 | 22 | 57 |
| 2018 | 27 | 48 |
| 2019 | 31 | 42 |
| 2020 | 30 | 41 |
| 2021 | 38 | 44 |
| 2022 | 24 | 48 |
| 2023 | 32 | 29 |
| 2024 | 32 | 38 |
| 2025 | 24 | 34 |
| 2026 | 16 | 19 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Bowel segmentation system and methods29 Sep 2026US 12,749,192 B2Motilent Limited
- Digestive canal scanning device, body scanning device, body scanning method and acoustic-based digestive organ monitoring system15 Sep 2026US 12,733,896 B2Korea University Research and Business Foundation
- Biosensors for the gastrointestinal tract4 Aug 2026US 12,697,044 B2Enterasense Limited
- Ingestible electrochemical sensor4 Aug 2026US 12,697,060 B2Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA
- Devices, systems and methods of pelvic floor muscle examination7 Jul 2026US 12,672,825 B2HillMed, Inc.
- Compositions, devices, and methods of ulcerative colitis sensitivity testing23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210970 A1Biomerica, Inc.
- Method for classification of anorectal manometry exams data9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191477 A1Digestaid—Artificial Intelligence Development, LDA
- Method and system for automatically detecting a clinically relevant leak2 Jul 2026US 2026/0182852 A1Qaelon Medical
- Ingestible device, a system and a method for analysis of the gastrointestinal tract and a wearable device for localization of an ingestible device25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174390 A1Stichting IMEC Nederland
- Portable ultrasound device18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165673 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Endoscopic smart probe and method335US 6,984,205 B22006
- Capsule and method for treating or diagnosing the intestinal tract334US 7,160,258 B2Entrack, Inc. · 2007
- Percutaneously placed electrical gastrointestinal pacemaker stimulatory system, sensing system, and pH monitoring system, with optional delivery port311US 5,292,344 A1994
- Imaging system for detecting diseased tissue using native fluorsecence in the gastrointestinal and respiratory tract289US 5,647,368 AXillix Technologies Corp. · 1997
- Method of cervical videoscope with detachable camera167US 5,251,613 A1993