A61B 5/6811
External prosthesis
Official title: {External prosthesis}
A61B5/6811 (External prosthesis) appears on 112 US grants and 189 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 112
- Published applications
- 189
- Assignees
- 109
- Inventors
- 385
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 6 |
| 2015 | 1 | 6 |
| 2016 | 4 | 8 |
| 2017 | 3 | 6 |
| 2018 | 8 | 8 |
| 2019 | 8 | 16 |
| 2020 | 5 | 16 |
| 2021 | 7 | 28 |
| 2022 | 12 | 28 |
| 2023 | 11 | 12 |
| 2024 | 22 | 21 |
| 2025 | 18 | 17 |
| 2026 | 9 | 7 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Stress and displacement sensors and methods of sensing29 Sep 2026US 12,748,002 B2University of Oregon
- Failure detection and sensor based control in a motorized bone fixation device8 Sep 2026US 12,727,916 B2Synthes GmbH
- Sensor layer for determining temperature profiles on a skin surface, aid for application to a skin surface, method for producing an aid, and method for determining a relative temperature difference on a skin surface25 Aug 2026US 12,714,313 B2Orthopaedie-Technik-Service Aktiv GmbH
- Sensors for prostheses25 Aug 2026US 12,714,363 B2The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama
- Sensor and knee joint brace26 May 2026US 12,635,945 B2Rehab-Robotics Company Limited
- Methods, Systems, and Apparatuses, for Managing Gait Operation in a Neuroprosthesis13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233000 A1Case Western Reserve University
- Monitoring and visualizing gait of a user of an assistive device16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198849 A1Blatchford Products Limited
- Systems and methods for muscle-tendon control of wearable-robotic devices9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191728 A1Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Control system and user interface for prosthetic devices4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151086 A1Infinite Biomedical Technologies, LLC
- Local positioning system28 May 2026US 2026/0144476 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method for remote monitoring utilizing a rechargeable battery230US 6,559,620 B2Digital Angel Corporation · 2003
- System and method for monitoring a runner'S gait105US 9,993,181 B2Med Hab, LLC · 2018
- System and method for monitoring power applied to a bicycle103US 10,004,946 B2MedHab, LLC · 2018
- Powered orthotic system for cooperative overground rehabilitation99US 10,369,021 B2Ekso Bionics, Inc. · 2019
- Sensor device and method for monitoring physical stresses placed on a user88US 8,384,551 B2MedHab, LLC · 2013