A61B 5/6816
Ear lobe
Official title: {Ear lobe}
A61B5/6816 (Ear lobe) appears on 388 US grants and 557 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 388
- Published applications
- 557
- Assignees
- 236
- Inventors
- 796
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2 |
| 2002 | 8 | 2 |
| 2003 | 6 | 11 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 8 |
| 2006 | 2 | 8 |
| 2007 | 2 | 15 |
| 2008 | 3 | 7 |
| 2009 | 6 | 10 |
| 2010 | 4 | 38 |
| 2011 | 7 | 14 |
| 2012 | 9 | 22 |
| 2013 | 20 | 21 |
| 2014 | 23 | 37 |
| 2015 | 16 | 29 |
| 2016 | 17 | 23 |
| 2017 | 16 | 32 |
| 2018 | 17 | 39 |
| 2019 | 32 | 54 |
| 2020 | 31 | 43 |
| 2021 | 35 | 35 |
| 2022 | 34 | 21 |
| 2023 | 26 | 30 |
| 2024 | 14 | 29 |
| 2025 | 14 | 14 |
| 2026 | 15 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for non-invasive blood pressure measurement29 Sep 2026US 12,745,965 B2Itamar Medical Spry 2021, Limited Partnership
- Methods and devices to detect poor cerebral blood flow in real-time to prevent dizziness, fainting, and falls15 Sep 2026US 12,733,882 B2Lumia Health, Inc.
- Physiological measurement device8 Sep 2026US 12,727,826 B2Masimo Corporation
- Vascular imaging device25 Aug 2026US 12,714,317 B2Oxford University Innovation Limited
- Apparatus and method for determining oxygen saturation with skin tone correction9 Jun 2026US 12,648,721 B2
- Closed loop oxygen control20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241124 A1Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
- Apparatus to assess generalized health using a biochemical catabolism marker13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232231 A1
- Positional obstructive sleep apnea detection system30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215959 A1Oura Health Oy
- Ear-wearable health monitoring system23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207136 A1
- Method and system for collecting and processing bioelectrical and audio signals9 Jul 2026US 2026/0197578 A1Brainwear Inc
Most cited
By later US patents
- Pulse oximetry ear sensor1,131US 7,341,559 B2Masimo Corporation · 2008
- Multi-stream sensor for noninvasive measurement of blood constituents853US 8,203,704 B2Cercacor Laboratories, Inc. · 2012
- Contoured protrusion for improving spectroscopic measurement of blood constituents840US 8,437,825 B2Cercacor Laboratories, Inc. · 2013
- Multi-stream emitter for noninvasive measurement of blood constituents833US 8,515,509 B2Cercacor Laboratories, Inc. · 2013
- Non-invasive physiological sensor cover832US 8,473,020 B2Cercacor Laboratories, Inc. · 2013