A61B 5/4887
Locating particular structures in or on the body
Official title: {Locating particular structures in or on the body}
A61B5/4887 (Locating particular structures in or on the body) appears on 1,883 US grants and 2,754 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,883
- Published applications
- 2,754
- Assignees
- 927
- Inventors
- 4,230
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 14 | 34 |
| 2003 | 15 | 25 |
| 2004 | 12 | 31 |
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| 2010 | 29 | 71 |
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| 2019 | 139 | 158 |
| 2020 | 132 | 227 |
| 2021 | 141 | 207 |
| 2022 | 133 | 169 |
| 2023 | 146 | 162 |
| 2024 | 153 | 153 |
| 2025 | 137 | 125 |
| 2026 | 70 | 88 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- System and method for evoking a reflex to monitor the nerves of the larynx6 Oct 2026US 12,751,667 B2Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
- Blood vessel visualization apparatus, blood vessel puncture system, and observation window member29 Sep 2026US 12,745,909 B2Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Device for detecting and illuminating the vasculature using an FPGA22 Sep 2026US 12,740,747 B2AccuVein, Inc.
- Data analysis based methods and systems for optimizing insertion of a medical instrument8 Sep 2026US 12,727,830 B2Xact Robotics Ltd.
- Image rotation in an endoscopic hyperspectral, fluorescence, and laser mapping imaging system1 Sep 2026US 12,721,509 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Optical fiber waveguide in an endoscopic system for hyperspectral, fluorescence, and laser mapping imaging8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306023 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Device for Detecting a Blood Vessel27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248451 A1Bard Access Systems, Inc.
- Tissue dilators for plexus mapping27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249058 A1
- Directional dilator for intraoperative monitoring13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232256 A1NuVasive, Inc.
- A method and system that can be used to adapt the markings of deep learning systems used for obtaining anatomical images for medical purposes in accordance with the movement, change in the image and changes in processing speed30 Jul 2026US 2026/0220771 A1Smart Alfa Teknoloji Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi
Most cited
By later US patents
- Flexible instrument2,033US 7,090,683 B2Hansen Medical, Inc. · 2006
- Flexible instrument1,588US 7,371,210 B2Hansen Medical, Inc. · 2008
- Surgical instrument1,559US 6,843,793 B2endoVia Medical, Inc. · 2005
- Surgical instruments1,497US 7,789,875 B2Hansen Medical, Inc. · 2010
- Sterile puncturing device for blood vessels with a non-sterile ultrasound probe, and apparatus for preparing the device1,457US 5,341,810 ASulzer Medizinaltechnik AG · 1994