A61B 5/6867
Specially adapted to be attached or implanted in a specific body part
Official title: {specially adapted to be attached or implanted in a specific body part (A61B5/6847 takes precedence)}
A61B5/6867 (Specially adapted to be attached or implanted in a specific body part) appears on 2,456 US grants and 3,893 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,456
- Published applications
- 3,893
- Assignees
- 1,192
- Inventors
- 5,991
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 1 |
| 2002 | 10 | 15 |
| 2003 | 5 | 18 |
| 2004 | 11 | 29 |
| 2005 | 14 | 36 |
| 2006 | 7 | 39 |
| 2007 | 12 | 37 |
| 2008 | 8 | 33 |
| 2009 | 15 | 40 |
| 2010 | 16 | 81 |
| 2011 | 26 | 67 |
| 2012 | 53 | 137 |
| 2013 | 69 | 168 |
| 2014 | 102 | 198 |
| 2015 | 128 | 201 |
| 2016 | 144 | 207 |
| 2017 | 117 | 214 |
| 2018 | 124 | 247 |
| 2019 | 188 | 285 |
| 2020 | 189 | 305 |
| 2021 | 186 | 320 |
| 2022 | 201 | 280 |
| 2023 | 229 | 297 |
| 2024 | 201 | 244 |
| 2025 | 212 | 234 |
| 2026 | 130 | 160 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 5/6869Heart599
- A61B 5/6868Brain597
- A61B 5/6876Blood vessel483
- A61B 5/6878Bone214
- A61B 5/6877Nerve206
- A61B 5/687Oesophagus89
- A61B 5/6873Intestine71
- A61B 5/6874Bladder66
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Recent patents
- Connected implant with reflector29 Sep 2026US 12,745,920 B2NuVasive, Inc.
- Occlusion device with sensing functionality29 Sep 2026US 12,745,931 B2Canary Medical Switzerland AG
- Systems, methods, and devices for intracranial measurement, stimulation, and generation of brain state models29 Sep 2026US 12,745,946 B2StimScience Inc.
- Flexible sensor apparatus and method of making same29 Sep 2026US 12,745,960 B2
- Systems and methods for manufacturing needle array electrodes29 Sep 2026US 12,745,962 B1Paradromics, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for providing data processing and control in medical communication system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305986 A1Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
- Real-time bladder sensing system through bio-implantable sensor element8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306026 A1Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
- Anatomical measurement in a surgical system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306208 A1Auris Health, Inc.
- System and method for performing a therapeutic and/or diagnostic function in a patient8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306852 A1Biotronik SE & Co.KG
- Thin-film lead assemblies and neural interfaces1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294347 A1Verily Life Sciences LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Implantable sensor and system for in vivo measurement and control of fluid constituent levels1,362US 6,049,727 AAnimas Corporation · 2000
- Instrument and method for non-invasive in vivo testing for body fluid constituents1,346US 4,875,486 AAdvanced Techtronics, Inc. · 1989
- Implantable sensor and system for measurement and control of blood constituent levels1,225US 6,122,536 AAnimas Corporation · 2000
- Implantable sensor1,093US 6,895,265 B22005
- Vasculature and lymphatic system imaging and ablation associated with a reservoir1,082US 8,285,367 B2The Invention Science Fund I, LLC · 2012