A61B 5/6817
Ear canal
Official title: {Ear canal}
A61B5/6817 (Ear canal) appears on 927 US grants and 1,411 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 927
- Published applications
- 1,411
- Assignees
- 450
- Inventors
- 1,962
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 10 |
| 2002 | 16 | 8 |
| 2003 | 11 | 12 |
| 2004 | 3 | 12 |
| 2005 | 6 | 13 |
| 2006 | 7 | 7 |
| 2007 | 5 | 11 |
| 2008 | 4 | 15 |
| 2009 | 6 | 30 |
| 2010 | 4 | 33 |
| 2011 | 7 | 24 |
| 2012 | 15 | 26 |
| 2013 | 15 | 32 |
| 2014 | 34 | 54 |
| 2015 | 28 | 61 |
| 2016 | 23 | 61 |
| 2017 | 32 | 78 |
| 2018 | 45 | 103 |
| 2019 | 70 | 111 |
| 2020 | 88 | 91 |
| 2021 | 70 | 131 |
| 2022 | 78 | 101 |
| 2023 | 87 | 125 |
| 2024 | 72 | 119 |
| 2025 | 89 | 76 |
| 2026 | 59 | 67 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Physiological measurement device8 Sep 2026US 12,727,826 B2Masimo Corporation
- Alertness determination for non-alert detection using ear-worn electronic devices1 Sep 2026US 12,721,545 B2Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- In-ear functional near-infrared spectroscopy for cognitive load estimation25 Aug 2026US 12,714,342 B2Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Ear-associated inertial-acoustic fusion with deterministic audio-IMU synchronization25 Aug 2026US 12,720,264 B1Vexara GmbH
- Electrophysiological device and method for diagnosis of acute unilateral otitis media (AOM)18 Aug 2026US 12,708,317 B2Ichilov Tech Ltd.
- Earpiece for a wearable electronic device and method of manufacturing the same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306008 A1T&W Engineering A/S
- Hearable device, integrated circuit, and biological signal measurement system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294341 A1Sony Group Corporation
- An ear probe for ear examination24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283457 A1Otos Health Oy
- Grideye sensor24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283474 A1Key Tronic Corporation
- Grideye sensor24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283475 A1Key Tronic Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Physiological monitor and associated computation, display and communication unit1,769US 6,790,178 B1Healthetech, Inc. · 2004
- Integrated calorie management system1,330US 6,478,736 B1Healthetech, Inc. · 2002
- Method for monitoring patient using acoustic sensor823US 6,527,729 B1Pacesetter, Inc. · 2003
- Ear sensor798US 8,588,880 B2Masimo Corporation · 2013
- Acoustic monitoring system699US 5,853,005 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · 1998