A61B 5/45
Measuring for diagnostic purposes: for evaluating or diagnosing the musculoskeletal system or
Official title: {For evaluating or diagnosing the musculoskeletal system or teeth (A61B5/1036, A61B5/1074, A61B7/006 take precedence)}
A61B5/45 (Measuring for diagnostic purposes: for evaluating or diagnosing the musculoskeletal system or) appears on 4,640 US grants and 6,537 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 4,640
- Published applications
- 6,537
- Assignees
- 2,373
- Inventors
- 10,758
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 44 | 17 |
| 2002 | 48 | 78 |
| 2003 | 55 | 80 |
| 2004 | 39 | 121 |
| 2005 | 38 | 142 |
| 2006 | 57 | 176 |
| 2007 | 68 | 141 |
| 2008 | 68 | 223 |
| 2009 | 80 | 193 |
| 2010 | 101 | 290 |
| 2011 | 157 | 250 |
| 2012 | 149 | 202 |
| 2013 | 185 | 231 |
| 2014 | 204 | 271 |
| 2015 | 187 | 282 |
| 2016 | 186 | 294 |
| 2017 | 211 | 347 |
| 2018 | 178 | 358 |
| 2019 | 288 | 386 |
| 2020 | 287 | 382 |
| 2021 | 251 | 360 |
| 2022 | 276 | 408 |
| 2023 | 256 | 400 |
| 2024 | 285 | 347 |
| 2025 | 283 | 351 |
| 2026 | 187 | 207 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Granted patents
Recent patents
- Time-of-flight measurement on user with cameras and position sensor6 Oct 2026US 12,751,628 B2Omni Medsci, Inc.
- Posturographic evaluation apparatus and method6 Oct 2026US 12,751,647 B2Centro Di Fisioterapia Di Cecilia Surace & C. S.A.S.
- Smart implants for periprosthetic joint infection6 Oct 2026US 12,751,826 B2Globus Medical, Inc.
- Intraoral scanner29 Sep 2026US 12,745,910 B2Luminx Il Ltd
- Connected implant with reflector29 Sep 2026US 12,745,920 B2NuVasive, Inc.
- Technologies For Three-Dimensional Spectroscopic Imaging Of Tissue Properties8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305948 A1Colgate-Palmolive Company
- Lumbar-vertebra magnetic resonance imaging method and apparatus, computer device, readable storage medium, and program product8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305970 A1Hainan General Hospital
- Monitoring sleeping disorders and system thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306014 A1Universitat Politecnica De Catalunya (Upc)
- Autonomous orthopedics8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306155 A1
- Surgical system with checkpoint planning and navigation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306176 A1MAKO Surgical Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Digital wireless position sensor1,639US 7,397,364 B2Biosense Webster, Inc. · 2008
- Apparatus for detecting human physiological and contextual information1,245US 7,020,508 B2BodyMedia, Inc. · 2006
- Computer-assisted surgery planner and intra-operative guidance system1,223US 6,205,411 B1Carnegie Mellon University · 2001
- Magnetic determination of position and orientation1,087US 5,558,091 ABiosense, Inc. · 1996
- Device and method for enabling an orthopedic tool for parameter measurement1,075US 8,911,448 B2Orthosensor Inc. · 2014