A61B 5/4331
Of the cervix
Official title: {of the cervix (A61B5/435 takes precedence)}
A61B5/4331 (Of the cervix) appears on 90 US grants and 101 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 90
- Published applications
- 101
- Assignees
- 68
- Inventors
- 295
- Latest grant
- 21 Apr 2026
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| 2025 | 3 | 8 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Aspiration device for determining mechanical properties of soft tissues and methods therefor21 Apr 2026US 12,607,619 B2ETH Zurich
- System, methods, and devices for cervical evaluation6 Jan 2026US 12,514,491 B2Mosaic Ventures (SC), LLC
- Optical measurement system16 Sep 2025US 12,414,736 B2Advanced ACEBIOTEK CO., LTD.
- Ultrasound, photoacoustic, and viscoelastic imaging systems and methods for cervical analysis to assess risk of preterm delivery22 Jul 2025US 12,364,432 B2Wayne State University
- Apparatus and methods for determining force applied to the tip of a probe27 May 2025US 12,310,753 B2The University of Sheffield
- Measurement device and method thereof16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198801 A1Femtherapeutics Inc.
- System and methods for providing information for diagnosing preterm birth risk4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151078 A1Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust
- Gynecological prothetic with anchor members and expandable connecting links, and method for custom-designng the same20 Nov 2025US 2025/0352320 A1Femtherapeutics Inc.
- Cervix stiffness measurement system and method23 Oct 2025US 2025/0325221 A1
- Functionalized nanomaterial for medical analyte collection18 Sep 2025US 2025/0288285 A1Cellect Laboratories Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for tissue type recognition678US 5,800,350 APolartechnics Limited · 1998
- Optical method and apparatus for the diagnosis of cervical precancers using raman and fluorescence spectroscopies327US 5,697,373 ABoard of Regents, The University of Texas System · 1997
- Spectroscopic probe for in vivo measurement of raman signals236US 5,842,995 ABoard of Regents, The Univerisity of Texas System · 1998
- Multivariate classification of infrared spectra of cell and tissue samples231US 5,596,992 ASandia Corporation · 1997
- Spectroscopic method and apparatus for optically detecting abnormal mammalian epithelial tissue178US 6,095,982 ABoard of Regents, The University of Texas System · 2000