A61B 5/6829
Foot or ankle
Official title: {Foot or ankle}
A61B5/6829 (Foot or ankle) appears on 839 US grants and 1,303 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 839
- Published applications
- 1,303
- Assignees
- 615
- Inventors
- 2,255
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 1 |
| 2002 | 4 | 9 |
| 2003 | 9 | 13 |
| 2004 | 6 | 6 |
| 2005 | 3 | 6 |
| 2006 | 8 | 30 |
| 2007 | 6 | 28 |
| 2008 | 4 | 21 |
| 2009 | 14 | 31 |
| 2010 | 14 | 32 |
| 2011 | 25 | 32 |
| 2012 | 15 | 30 |
| 2013 | 32 | 66 |
| 2014 | 41 | 72 |
| 2015 | 37 | 59 |
| 2016 | 43 | 99 |
| 2017 | 48 | 96 |
| 2018 | 32 | 63 |
| 2019 | 72 | 106 |
| 2020 | 74 | 99 |
| 2021 | 67 | 78 |
| 2022 | 61 | 72 |
| 2023 | 47 | 92 |
| 2024 | 45 | 74 |
| 2025 | 52 | 60 |
| 2026 | 27 | 28 |
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
- Systems and methods for monitoring and treating diabetic foot ulcers11 Aug 2026US 12,702,349 B2T.J. Smith and Nephew, Limited
- Diabetic foot analysis apparatus, and diabetic foot management system11 Aug 2026US 12,702,351 B2Hippo T&C, Inc.
- Wearable device for monitoring fluid overload with built-in sensors11 Aug 2026US 12,702,355 B2Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
- Accurate continuous blood pressure measurement device30 Jun 2026US 12,667,266 B1JB HealthTech
- System for management and prevention of venous pooling27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248394 A1National University of Ireland, Galway
- Methods, Systems, and Apparatuses, for Managing Gait Operation in a Neuroprosthesis13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233000 A1Case Western Reserve University
- System and method for estimation of metabolic costs from cardiac measurements6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224121 A1Georgia Tech Research Corporation
- Wedge cushioning systems23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207390 A1Sage Products, LLC
- Device and method for stimulating at least one of a nerve and a muscle of a patient having a pathological gait16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198804 A1Kurage
Most cited
By later US patents
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- Low noise optical probe1,199US 6,088,607 AMasimo Corporation · 2000
- Low-noise optical probes1,177US 5,782,757 AMasimo Corporation · 1998