A61B 5/445
Evaluating skin irritation or skin trauma
Official title: {Evaluating skin irritation or skin trauma, e.g. rash, eczema, wound, bed sore}
A61B5/445 (Evaluating skin irritation or skin trauma) appears on 911 US grants and 1,502 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 911
- Published applications
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- Assignees
- 674
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- 2,683
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- System, method and non-transitory computer-readable medium for supporting recording of information regarding pressure ulcer of patient1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294332 A1Japan Institute for Health Security
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