A61B 5/4806
Sleep evaluation
Official title: {Sleep evaluation (A61B5/4821 takes precedence; devices for inducing sleep A61M21/02)}
A61B5/4806 (Sleep evaluation) appears on 3,912 US grants and 6,742 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 3,912
- Published applications
- 6,742
- Assignees
- 1,801
- Inventors
- 9,271
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 4 |
| 2002 | 19 | 18 |
| 2003 | 18 | 27 |
| 2004 | 14 | 42 |
| 2005 | 17 | 105 |
| 2006 | 29 | 95 |
| 2007 | 30 | 90 |
| 2008 | 40 | 140 |
| 2009 | 42 | 95 |
| 2010 | 60 | 154 |
| 2011 | 66 | 134 |
| 2012 | 93 | 146 |
| 2013 | 129 | 186 |
| 2014 | 170 | 476 |
| 2015 | 161 | 362 |
| 2016 | 146 | 423 |
| 2017 | 227 | 396 |
| 2018 | 205 | 387 |
| 2019 | 308 | 439 |
| 2020 | 310 | 457 |
| 2021 | 320 | 450 |
| 2022 | 335 | 498 |
| 2023 | 313 | 481 |
| 2024 | 293 | 437 |
| 2025 | 286 | 376 |
| 2026 | 203 | 324 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- System for alerting service animals to perform specified tasks6 Oct 2026US 12,751,425 B2Canine Companions for Independence, Inc.
- Snoring and environment sounds detection6 Oct 2026US 12,751,664 B2Oura Health Oy
- Sleep monitoring device6 Oct 2026US 12,751,855 B2
- Information providing device6 Oct 2026US 12,751,874 B2Aba GmbH & Co. KG
- Method for detecting respiratory effort related arousals (RERA) through modified mandibular distance or movement signals in subjects suffering from sleep disorder6 Oct 2026US 12,755,837 B2Nomics
- Intraoral sensors for health monitoring8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305973 A1Align Technology, Inc.
- Technology configured to enable determination of sleep apnoea risk factors for subject based on artefacts of time-series eyelid amplitude data collected during conscious state8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305980 A1
- Ai-powered cognitive health assessment and management system and method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305997 A1Scienza Health, Inc.
- Electrocardiography patch8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306001 A1Bardy Diagnostics, Inc.
- Multi-function device for improving sleep and method of operation thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306013 A1Hatch Baby, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Therapeutic treatment of sleep disorder by nerve stimulation1,291US 5,335,657 ACyberonics, Inc. · 1994
- Apparatus for detecting human physiological and contextual information1,245US 7,020,508 B2BodyMedia, Inc. · 2006
- Acoustic respiratory monitoring sensor having multiple sensing elements806US 8,690,799 B2Masimo Corporation · 2014
- Acoustic patient sensor804US 8,715,206 B2Masimo Corporation · 2014
- Non-invasive monitoring of respiratory rate, heart rate and apnea800US 8,641,631 B2Masimo Corporation · 2014