A61B 5/4538
Evaluating a particular part of the muscoloskeletal system or a particular medical
Official title: {Evaluating a particular part of the muscoloskeletal system or a particular medical condition}
A61B5/4538 (Evaluating a particular part of the muscoloskeletal system or a particular medical) appears on 2,091 US grants and 3,306 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,091
- Published applications
- 3,306
- Assignees
- 1,258
- Inventors
- 5,444
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 7 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 12 | 0 |
| 2001 | 14 | 6 |
| 2002 | 11 | 21 |
| 2003 | 14 | 12 |
| 2004 | 8 | 27 |
| 2005 | 11 | 19 |
| 2006 | 14 | 24 |
| 2007 | 16 | 32 |
| 2008 | 12 | 60 |
| 2009 | 11 | 38 |
| 2010 | 18 | 68 |
| 2011 | 32 | 60 |
| 2012 | 28 | 66 |
| 2013 | 39 | 96 |
| 2014 | 63 | 113 |
| 2015 | 77 | 166 |
| 2016 | 81 | 164 |
| 2017 | 121 | 211 |
| 2018 | 101 | 196 |
| 2019 | 156 | 243 |
| 2020 | 172 | 246 |
| 2021 | 144 | 238 |
| 2022 | 179 | 281 |
| 2023 | 160 | 277 |
| 2024 | 191 | 247 |
| 2025 | 206 | 247 |
| 2026 | 124 | 148 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 5/4542Evaluating the mouth947
- A61B 5/4585Evaluating the knee371
- A61B 5/4561Evaluating static posture340
- A61B 5/4566Evaluating the spine279
- A61B 5/4571Evaluating the hip162
- A61B 5/4576Evaluating the shoulder56
- A61B 5/4595Evaluating the ankle46
- A61B 5/458Evaluating the elbow25
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