A61B 5/4896
Epidural space
Official title: {Epidural space}
A61B5/4896 (Epidural space) appears on 32 US grants and 38 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 32
- Published applications
- 38
- Assignees
- 22
- Inventors
- 104
- Latest grant
- 1 Apr 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 0 | 5 |
| 2018 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 5 | 4 |
| 2021 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Devices, systems and methods for tissue analysis, location determination and therapy thereof using optical radiation1 Apr 2025US 12,262,976 B2Blossom Innovations, LLC
- Methods for tissue analysis, location determination and therapy thereof using optical radiation1 Apr 2025US 12,262,977 B2Blossom Innovations, LLC
- Medical needle2 Apr 2024US 11,944,421 B2Stellenbosch University
- Devices, systems, and methods for locating a position in a body28 Feb 2023US 11,589,809 B2Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
- Tactile sensing device for lumbar punctures23 Nov 2021US 11,179,097 B2Texas Medical Center
- Devices, systems and methods for tissue analysis, location determination and therapy thereof using optical radiation16 May 2024US 2024/0156352 A1Blossom Innovations, LLC
- Devices, systems and methods for tissue analysis, locaton determination and therapy thereof using optical radiation9 Nov 2023US 2023/0355100 A9Blossom Innovation
- Methods for tissue analysis, location determination and therapy thereof using optical radiation18 May 2023US 2023/0148867 A1Blossom Innovations, LLC
- Tactile sensing device for lumbar punctures15 Sep 2022US 2022/0287627 A1Texas Medical Center
- Method for releasing a substance into a subject using an insertion arrangement (as amended)5 May 2022US 2022/0133152 A1Blossom Innovations, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Position indicating device153US 4,215,699 AThe Kendall Company · 1980
- Method of testing the position of a needle assembly in the epidural space124US 4,162,673 AThe Kendall Company · 1979
- Device for locating the epidural space102US 4,919,653 A1990
- Apparatus and method for detecting probe penetration of human epidural space and injecting a therapeutic substance thereinto93US 4,801,293 A1989
- Epidural needle placement system89US 4,940,458 A1990