A61B 5/68
Arrangements of detecting, measuring or recording means
Official title: {Arrangements of detecting, measuring or recording means, e.g. sensors, in relation to patient}
A61B5/68 (Arrangements of detecting, measuring or recording means) appears on 36,918 US grants and 56,779 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 56,779
- Assignees
- 11,873
- Inventors
- 70,167
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 24 | 0 |
| 1977 | 17 | 0 |
| 1978 | 17 | 0 |
| 1979 | 19 | 0 |
| 1980 | 19 | 0 |
| 1981 | 27 | 0 |
| 1982 | 22 | 0 |
| 1983 | 22 | 0 |
| 1984 | 19 | 0 |
| 1985 | 29 | 0 |
| 1986 | 38 | 0 |
| 1987 | 52 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 77 | 0 |
| 1990 | 67 | 0 |
| 1991 | 60 | 0 |
| 1992 | 63 | 0 |
| 1993 | 66 | 0 |
| 1994 | 110 | 0 |
| 1995 | 108 | 0 |
| 1996 | 116 | 0 |
| 1997 | 101 | 0 |
| 1998 | 191 | 0 |
| 1999 | 171 | 0 |
| 2000 | 236 | 0 |
| 2001 | 222 | 90 |
| 2002 | 253 | 349 |
| 2003 | 307 | 390 |
| 2004 | 246 | 478 |
| 2005 | 217 | 577 |
| 2006 | 238 | 732 |
| 2007 | 279 | 783 |
| 2008 | 237 | 902 |
| 2009 | 300 | 1002 |
| 2010 | 432 | 1186 |
| 2011 | 565 | 1222 |
| 2012 | 748 | 1457 |
| 2013 | 1015 | 1667 |
| 2014 | 1250 | 2543 |
| 2015 | 1337 | 2572 |
| 2016 | 1525 | 3363 |
| 2017 | 1945 | 3712 |
| 2018 | 2012 | 3576 |
| 2019 | 2893 | 4130 |
| 2020 | 2866 | 4255 |
| 2021 | 2845 | 4320 |
| 2022 | 2892 | 4036 |
| 2023 | 2862 | 3961 |
| 2024 | 2899 | 3876 |
| 2025 | 2983 | 3278 |
| 2026 | 1839 | 2322 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Data-informed method and system for tracking the performance of airborne objects6 Oct 2026US 12,751,422 B2
- Virtual reality techniques for characterizing visual capabilities6 Oct 2026US 12,751,615 B2Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
- Fiber optic needle probe6 Oct 2026US 12,751,627 B2Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam
- Time-of-flight measurement on user with cameras and position sensor6 Oct 2026US 12,751,628 B2Omni Medsci, Inc.
- Blood pressure detection method and apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,751,634 B2Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Medical system configured to use source separation to identify patient parameters from signals received from multiple medical devices8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305942 A1Medtronic, Inc.
- System for associating device data8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305943 A1Stryker Corporation
- Polarization sensitive biometric monitoring8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305947 A1Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- System and method for instant and automatic border detection8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305950 A1Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation
- System and method for instant and automatic border detection8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305951 A1Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electromechanical driver and remote surgical instrument attachment having computer assisted control capabilities2,760US 6,716,233 B1Power Medical Interventions, Inc. · 2004
- Electromechanical driver and remote surgical instrument attachment having computer assisted control capabilities2,639US 7,077,856 B2Power Medical Interventions, Inc. · 2006
- Closed loop system for controlling insulin infusion2,417US 6,558,351 B1Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. · 2003
- Diabetes management system and method for controlling blood glucose2,049US 5,822,715 AHealth Hero Network, Inc. · 1998
- Closed loop infusion pump system with removable glucose sensor2,048US 5,569,186 AMiniMed Inc. · 1996