A61B 5/6869
Heart
Official title: {Heart}
A61B5/6869 (Heart) appears on 599 US grants and 935 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 599
- Published applications
- 935
- Assignees
- 223
- Inventors
- 1,360
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2005 | 4 | 7 |
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| 2009 | 3 | 4 |
| 2010 | 3 | 14 |
| 2011 | 3 | 19 |
| 2012 | 20 | 35 |
| 2013 | 10 | 29 |
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| 2015 | 35 | 51 |
| 2016 | 42 | 56 |
| 2017 | 26 | 43 |
| 2018 | 32 | 62 |
| 2019 | 52 | 79 |
| 2020 | 50 | 74 |
| 2021 | 50 | 81 |
| 2022 | 42 | 71 |
| 2023 | 56 | 68 |
| 2024 | 40 | 70 |
| 2025 | 61 | 65 |
| 2026 | 29 | 45 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Shunt implant devices with over-channel sensor arms22 Sep 2026US 12,740,717 B2Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Wireless heart pressure sensor system and method8 Sep 2026US 12,727,771 B2W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
- Methods of selecting parameters for therapeutic neuromodulation1 Sep 2026US 12,722,010 B2Cardionomix, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for determining heart rate25 Aug 2026US 12,714,321 B2Medtronic, Inc.
- System and method for treating heart tissue25 Aug 2026US 12,714,430 B2Miracor Medical SA
- System and method for performing a therapeutic and/or diagnostic function in a patient8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306852 A1Biotronik SE & Co.KG
- System, device, and method for determining location of arrhythmogenic foci17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272542 A1
- Wireless, lcr-based, passive sensor systems for implantable deployment using collapsible electromechanics and applications of same6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224353 A1Northwestern University
- Short-term variability in cardiac electrical activity to trigger external actions to reduce arrhythmias6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224896 A1Medtronic, Inc.
- Determination of septal perforation during electrode implantation6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224901 A1Medtronic, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Intravascular pressure posture detector282US 5,040,536 AMedtronic, Inc. · 1991
- Systems, methods, and devices having stretchable integrated circuitry for sensing and delivering therapy228US 8,097,926 B2MC10, Inc. · 2012
- Apparatus and method for measuring, formatting and transmitting combined intracardiac impedance data and electrograms204US 5,300,093 ATelectronics Pacing Systems, Inc. · 1994
- Implantable pressure transducer system optimized for anchoring and positioning200US 7,509,169 B2Pacesetter, Inc. · 2009
- Medical device199US 6,104,949 AVitatron Medical B. V. · 2000