A61B 5/48
Measuring for diagnostic purposes: other medical applications
Official title: {Other medical applications}
A61B5/48 (Measuring for diagnostic purposes: other medical applications) appears on 20,471 US grants and 33,289 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 20,471
- Published applications
- 33,289
- Assignees
- 8,106
- Inventors
- 44,622
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 15 | 0 |
| 1977 | 10 | 0 |
| 1978 | 10 | 0 |
| 1979 | 11 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 47 | 0 |
| 2000 | 77 | 0 |
| 2001 | 89 | 48 |
| 2002 | 113 | 176 |
| 2003 | 136 | 219 |
| 2004 | 102 | 272 |
| 2005 | 103 | 359 |
| 2006 | 128 | 362 |
| 2007 | 143 | 440 |
| 2008 | 124 | 561 |
| 2009 | 153 | 607 |
| 2010 | 252 | 740 |
| 2011 | 325 | 704 |
| 2012 | 444 | 781 |
| 2013 | 601 | 1020 |
| 2014 | 794 | 1692 |
| 2015 | 747 | 1571 |
| 2016 | 849 | 1947 |
| 2017 | 1047 | 2057 |
| 2018 | 1067 | 2023 |
| 2019 | 1616 | 2343 |
| 2020 | 1610 | 2448 |
| 2021 | 1684 | 2569 |
| 2022 | 1703 | 2561 |
| 2023 | 1719 | 2358 |
| 2024 | 1713 | 2226 |
| 2025 | 1686 | 1850 |
| 2026 | 962 | 1355 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 5/4836Diagnosis combined with treatment in closed-loop systems or methods6,429
- A61B 5/4806Sleep evaluation3,912
- A61B 5/486Biofeedback2,354
- A61B 5/4848Monitoring or testing the effects of treatment2,091
- A61B 5/4869Determining body composition1,957
- A61B 5/4887Locating particular structures in or on the body1,883
- A61B 5/4866Evaluating metabolism1,089
- A61B 5/4833Assessment of subject's compliance to treatment842
All 18 subgroupsShow fewer
- A61B 5/4824Touch or pain perception evaluation750
- A61B 5/4842Monitoring progression or stage of a disease731
- A61B 5/4803Speech analysis specially adapted for diagnostic purposes618
- A61B 5/4851Prosthesis assessment or monitoring582
- A61B 5/4884Inducing physiological or psychological stress565
- A61B 5/4845Toxicology545
- A61B 5/4821Determining level or depth of anaesthesia446
- A61B 5/4863Measuring or inducing nystagmus154
- A61B 5/4857Indicating the phase of biorhythm134
- A61B 5/4854Diagnosis based on concepts of alternative medicine100
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical instrument having recording capabilities3,034US 7,845,537 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2010
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