A61B 5/435
Assessing cervix alteration or dilation
Official title: {Assessing cervix alteration or dilation}
A61B5/435 (Assessing cervix alteration or dilation) appears on 101 US grants and 130 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 101
- Published applications
- 130
- Assignees
- 80
- Inventors
- 263
- Latest grant
- 12 May 2026
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| 2026 | 7 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Tactile ultrasound method and probe for predicting spontaneous preterm birth12 May 2026US 12,622,679 B2Advanced Tactile Imaging Inc.
- Apparatus, methods, and systems for measuring cervical dilation using structured light24 Mar 2026US 12,582,347 B2
- Apparatus and method for detecting cervical cancer10 Mar 2026US 12,569,128 B2Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, on behalf of the University of Nevada, Reno
- Tactile ultrasound method and probe for predicting preterm birth3 Mar 2026US 12,564,372 B2
- Delaying pre-term birth17 Feb 2026US 12,551,217 B2Tel HaShomer Medical Research Infrastructure and Services Ltd.
- Measurement device and method thereof16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198801 A1Femtherapeutics Inc.
- Apparatus, methods, and systems for measuring cervical dilation using structured light2 Jul 2026US 2026/0182905 A1
- System and methods for providing information for diagnosing preterm birth risk4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151078 A1Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust
- Generating notes using machine learning4 Dec 2025US 2025/0372213 A1Birth Model, Inc.
- Cervix stiffness measurement system and method23 Oct 2025US 2025/0325221 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- User interfaces for electrosurgical tools in robotic surgical systems1,715US 8,418,073 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2013
- Surgical system with user interfaces for electrosurgical tools314US 10,092,344 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2018
- Position sensing system283US 6,261,247 B1Ball Semiconductor, Inc. · 2001
- Obstetrical instrument system and method157US 5,935,061 ABiosense, Inc. · 1999
- Method and apparatus for monitoring cervical diameter137US 6,039,701 AOB Inovations, Inc. · 2000