A61B 5/4827
Assessing touch sensitivity
Official title: {assessing touch sensitivity, e.g. for evaluation of pain threshold}
A61B5/4827 (Assessing touch sensitivity) appears on 155 US grants and 201 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Granted patents
Recent patents
- Touching evaluation device, and touching evaluation method1 Sep 2026US 12,721,570 B2Aegle LLC.
- Neurological examination system28 Jul 2026US 12,690,808 B1RemNeuro, L.L.C.
- Pain measuring device and pain measuring method26 May 2026US 12,635,939 B2Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology
- Automated reproducible delivery of mechanical stimuli in animal experiments26 May 2026US 12,638,755 B2The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
- Apparatus and method for using a portable thermal device to quantify pain perception3 Feb 2026US 12,539,077 B1WR Medical Electronics Co.
- Apparatus and method for the assessment of pain3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256421 A1
- Apparatus and method for using a portable thermal device to quantify pain perception21 May 2026US 2026/0137339 A1WR Medical Electronics Co.
- Methods of treating fibromyalgia with compositions comprising psilocybin23 Apr 2026US 2026/0108545 A1TRYP Therapeutics Inc.
- Pain detection method9 Apr 2026US 2026/0096772 A1Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Hand Sensation Mapping15 Jan 2026US 2026/0013788 A1Ultraleap Limited
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- Apparatus for automated tactile testing276US 5,022,407 ATopical Testing, Inc. · 1991
- Neural event detection251US 8,343,065 B2Innovative Surgical Solutions, LLC · 2013
- Apparatus for testing the sensory system on humans or animals213US 4,823,806 A1989
- Disposable neurological pinwheel186US 5,222,504 A1993
- Device for testing pin prick sensation147US 5,316,012 A1994