A61B 5/686
Permanently implanted devices
Official title: {Permanently implanted devices, e.g. pacemakers, other stimulators, biochips (A61B5/6861 takes precedence)}
A61B5/686 (Permanently implanted devices) appears on 2,331 US grants and 3,545 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,331
- Published applications
- 3,545
- Assignees
- 750
- Inventors
- 4,192
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2024 | 193 | 267 |
| 2025 | 227 | 277 |
| 2026 | 127 | 174 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Vascular graft system and a method of processing an arterial pressure pulse trace29 Sep 2026US 12,745,961 B2City University of Hong Kong
- Atrial tracking confirmation in an intracardiac ventricular pacemaker29 Sep 2026US 12,746,394 B2Medtronic, Inc.
- Methods and systems for arrhythmia episode prioritization and improving arrhythmia detection and classification to reduce clinical review burden22 Sep 2026US 12,740,750 B2Pacesetter, Inc.
- Implantable cerebral sensing devices and systems and methods related thereto15 Sep 2026US 12,733,821 B2Georgia Tech Research Corporation
- Efficiently storing data for wide dynamic range and high resolution biological signals15 Sep 2026US 12,733,876 B2Pacesetter, Inc.
- Implantable pressure sensor system for measurement and wireless transmission of internal pressures8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305953 A1Qura, Inc.
- Functional device, guiding catheter, biological interface system, and method for indwelling functional device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305966 A1The University of Osaka
- Use of an optical emitter in an implantable medical device to transmit information to an operator or patient8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305990 A1Medtronic, Inc.
- System and Method for Identifying a Cardiac Arrhythmia Event Following a Myocardial Infarction8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306005 A1Biotronik SE & Co.KG
- Brain-computer interface (bci) systems with magnetic arrangement for alignment8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306024 A1Echo Neurotechnologies Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Techniques for data retention upon detection of an event in an implantable medical device1,040US 8,108,033 B2Medtronic, Inc. · 2012
- Implantable biomedical sensor device, suitable in particular for measuring the concentration of glucose982US 5,372,133 AN. V. Nederlandsche Apparatenfabriek Nedap · 1994
- Capillary filtration and collection method for long-term monitoring of blood constituents873US 4,777,953 AAsh Medical Systems, Inc. · 1988
- Vagal nerve stimulation techniques for treatment of epileptic seizures870US 6,341,236 B12002
- Capillary filtration and collection device for long-term monitoring of blood constituents842US 4,854,322 AAsh Medical Systems, Inc. · 1989