A61B 5/4893
Nerves
Official title: {Nerves}
A61B5/4893 (Nerves) appears on 699 US grants and 914 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 699
- Published applications
- 914
- Assignees
- 260
- Inventors
- 958
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2001 | 7 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 20 |
| 2003 | 7 | 7 |
| 2004 | 4 | 13 |
| 2005 | 4 | 7 |
| 2006 | 6 | 10 |
| 2007 | 8 | 20 |
| 2008 | 4 | 29 |
| 2009 | 8 | 26 |
| 2010 | 14 | 28 |
| 2011 | 30 | 53 |
| 2012 | 24 | 45 |
| 2013 | 37 | 50 |
| 2014 | 39 | 52 |
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| 2018 | 31 | 48 |
| 2019 | 45 | 53 |
| 2020 | 52 | 87 |
| 2021 | 51 | 58 |
| 2022 | 42 | 50 |
| 2023 | 53 | 44 |
| 2024 | 52 | 38 |
| 2025 | 39 | 27 |
| 2026 | 15 | 21 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System and method for evoking a reflex to monitor the nerves of the larynx6 Oct 2026US 12,751,667 B2Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
- Image rotation in an endoscopic hyperspectral, fluorescence, and laser mapping imaging system1 Sep 2026US 12,721,509 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Driving light emissions according to a jitter specification in a multispectral, fluorescence, and laser mapping imaging system18 Aug 2026US 12,710,638 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring system23 Jun 2026US 12,661,063 B2DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Apparatus and method for incorporation of optical sensing into neurostimulation systems2 Jun 2026US 12,642,968 B2Wavegate Corporation
- Optical fiber waveguide in an endoscopic system for hyperspectral, fluorescence, and laser mapping imaging8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306023 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Tissue dilators for plexus mapping27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249058 A1
- Directional dilator for intraoperative monitoring13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232256 A1NuVasive, Inc.
- Electronic regional anesthesia and pain management system and method25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175027 A1Algiamed Ltd
- Conductive instrument18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165634 A1Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
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