A61B 5/4519
Muscles
Official title: {Muscles (measuring muscular strength A61B5/224; using electromyography [EMG] A61B5/389)}
A61B5/4519 (Muscles) appears on 760 US grants and 1,090 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 760
- Published applications
- 1,090
- Assignees
- 574
- Inventors
- 2,077
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2024 | 38 | 49 |
| 2025 | 23 | 38 |
| 2026 | 22 | 23 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Soft tissue modeling and planning system for orthopedic surgical procedures15 Sep 2026US 12,733,978 B2Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
- Wireless neuromuscular sensing device8 Sep 2026US 12,727,784 B2DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Electrical stimulator for the treatment of back pain and methods of use11 Aug 2026US 12,702,824 B2Mainstay Medical Limited
- Biomagnetism measurement system for sensing biomagnetic signals9 Jun 2026US 12,648,725 B2The University Court of the University of Edinburgh
- Action state estimation apparatus, action state estimation method, action state learning apparatus, and action state learning method2 Jun 2026US 12,642,452 B2Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Muscle mass measurement system and muscle mass measurement method using same17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272378 A1Ajou University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
- Wearable muscle strength measuring device and gravity compensation mechanism-based muscle strength measuring method using same6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224143 A1Seoul National University Hospital
- Wearable ultrasound apparatus30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215757 A1Dawako Medtech, S.L.
- Methods, systems, and apparatus for evaluating test data of pelvic floor muscle2 Jul 2026US 2026/0182882 A1Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
- Stimulation systems and methods therefor18 Jun 2026US 2026/0166317 A1Lungpacer Medical Inc.
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- System of implantable devices for monitoring and/or affecting body parameters869US 6,164,284 A2000
- Method for carrying out a medical procedure using a three-dimensional tracking and imaging system862US 5,797,849 ASonometrics Corporation · 1998
- Battery-powered patient implantable device821US 6,185,452 B22001