A61B 5/6861
Capsules
Official title: {Capsules, e.g. for swallowing or implanting}
A61B5/6861 (Capsules) appears on 456 US grants and 754 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 456
- Published applications
- 754
- Assignees
- 261
- Inventors
- 1,224
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 |
| 2004 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 5 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4 |
| 2008 | 1 | 10 |
| 2009 | 0 | 17 |
| 2010 | 3 | 14 |
| 2011 | 7 | 17 |
| 2012 | 9 | 20 |
| 2013 | 17 | 28 |
| 2014 | 22 | 28 |
| 2015 | 13 | 38 |
| 2016 | 15 | 41 |
| 2017 | 19 | 57 |
| 2018 | 22 | 56 |
| 2019 | 47 | 60 |
| 2020 | 49 | 71 |
| 2021 | 43 | 68 |
| 2022 | 43 | 47 |
| 2023 | 48 | 51 |
| 2024 | 35 | 51 |
| 2025 | 24 | 35 |
| 2026 | 21 | 28 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System and method for capturing and transmitting biometric data22 Sep 2026US 12,740,716 B1Nexa Labs Inc.
- Gastric resident electronics8 Sep 2026US 12,727,827 B2Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Modular implantable medical device1 Sep 2026US 12,721,548 B2Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.
- Drug delivery device with carrier and insert18 Aug 2026US 12,708,284 B2Biograil ApS
- Medical patch11 Aug 2026US 12,702,359 B2Given Imaging Ltd.
- System and method for capturing and transmitting biometric data8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305955 A1Nexa Labs Inc.
- Sensor for analyte monitoring with drug-eluting capabilities1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294292 A1Senseonics, Incorporated
- Systems and methods for activating a circuit of an implant device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272300 A1DexCom, Inc.
- Intelligent in vivo Capsule Device with Electrodes6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224094 A1Capsovision Inc
- Chemical sensors23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207093 A1Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical-based sensing devices745US 6,330,464 B1Sensors for Medicine and Science, Inc. · 2001
- Ingestible size continuously transmitting temperature monitoring pill567US 4,844,076 AThe Johns Hopkins University · 1989
- Health monitoring system464US 5,778,882 AThe Brigham and Women S Hospital, Inc. · 1998
- Health monitoring system396US 6,095,985 AThe Brigham and Women S Hospital, Inc. · 2000
- Optical-based sensing devices284US 6,711,423 B2Sensors for Medicine and Science, Inc. · 2004