A61B 5/444
Evaluating skin marks
Official title: {Evaluating skin marks, e.g. mole, nevi, tumour, scar}
A61B5/444 (Evaluating skin marks) appears on 619 US grants and 924 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 619
- Published applications
- 924
- Assignees
- 466
- Inventors
- 1,742
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2008 | 12 | 37 |
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| 2011 | 21 | 31 |
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| 2015 | 9 | 51 |
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| 2018 | 29 | 53 |
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| 2020 | 43 | 55 |
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| 2022 | 38 | 59 |
| 2023 | 50 | 43 |
| 2024 | 41 | 48 |
| 2025 | 46 | 42 |
| 2026 | 24 | 20 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System to visualize, measure, and track skin abnormalities29 Sep 2026US 12,745,952 B2New Jersey Institute of Technology
- Qualification of a dermascope imaging device8 Sep 2026US 12,731,385 B2Skin Analytics Ltd
- Skin examination device11 Aug 2026US 12,702,305 B2Macquarie Medical Systems Pty Ltd
- Method and system for characterizing pigmentary disorders in an individual11 Aug 2026US 12,702,348 B2Sispia
- Systems and methods for assessing tissue remodeling11 Aug 2026US 12,702,496 B2Orlucent, Inc.
- Image capture for optical viewing devices1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294216 A1
- Terahertz scanning system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294344 A1University of Warwick
- Skin examination device10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262942 A1Macquarie Medical Systems Pty Ltd
- A skin detection and operation robot system with external pressure detection function13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232259 A1Beijing Tashan Technology Co., Ltd.
- Connected formula identifiable by device low cost sensor to customize treatment4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151083 A1L'oreal
Most cited
By later US patents
- Non-invasive tissue glucose level monitoring1,250US 6,721,582 B2Argose, Inc. · 2004
- Methods and apparatus for forward-directed optical scanning instruments1,184US 6,485,413 B1The General Hospital Corporation · 2002
- Analytic methods of tissue evaluation810US 10,085,643 B22018
- Apparatus for tissue type recognition678US 5,800,350 APolartechnics Limited · 1998
- Devices and methods for optically identifying characteristics of material objects588US 6,122,042 A2000