A61B 5/446
Scalp evaluation or scalp disorder diagnosis
Official title: {Scalp evaluation or scalp disorder diagnosis, e.g. dandruff}
A61B5/446 (Scalp evaluation or scalp disorder diagnosis) appears on 45 US grants and 79 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 45
- Published applications
- 79
- Assignees
- 35
- Inventors
- 144
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 2026 | 7 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method and system for analyzing hair characteristics25 Aug 2026US 12,714,359 B2MacroHI Co., Ltd.
- Handheld quad-modal scalp treatment device for enhanced hair loss therapeutics21 Jul 2026US 12,685,877 B1Elliyora, Inc.
- Hair analysis methods and apparatuses16 Jun 2026US 12,653,451 B2Canfield Scientific, Incorporated
- AI-driven system and methods for personalized virtual medical and spiritual advisor avatars with adaptive therapeutic audio, biometric monitoring, and immersive AR/VR healthcare interfaces12 May 2026US 12,623,048 B1
- AI-driven system and methods for personalized virtual medical and spiritual advisor avatars with adaptive therapeutic audio, biometric monitoring, and immersive AR/VR healthcare interfaces21 Apr 2026US 12,609,103 B1
- Face imaging device and face imaging method9 Apr 2026US 2026/0101106 A1Symae Technologies Holding B.V.
- Systems and methods for hair and scalp health analysis26 Feb 2026US 2026/0053428 A1
- Method for measuring the surface of the scalp to assess bald areas (recipient areas), areas with thinning hair, and areas with thick hair (donor areas)19 Jun 2025US 2025/0201425 A1Hair Restoration Science Ltda
- Method and system for analyzing hair characteristics5 Dec 2024US 2024/0404094 A1MacroHI Co., Ltd.
- Transcranial magnetic stimulation system and method18 Apr 2024US 2024/0123248 A1Ampa Inc.
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- Methods and systems for predicting and/or tracking changes in external body conditions66US 6,761,697 B2L'oreal · 2004
- Feature extraction in beauty analysis55US 7,324,668 B2L'oreal · 2008