A61B 5/6876
Blood vessel
Official title: {Blood vessel}
A61B5/6876 (Blood vessel) appears on 483 US grants and 743 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 483
- Published applications
- 743
- Assignees
- 293
- Inventors
- 1,264
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 1 |
| 2002 | 4 | 11 |
| 2003 | 3 | 11 |
| 2004 | 7 | 11 |
| 2005 | 7 | 13 |
| 2006 | 4 | 8 |
| 2007 | 8 | 13 |
| 2008 | 5 | 12 |
| 2009 | 1 | 20 |
| 2010 | 5 | 16 |
| 2011 | 7 | 13 |
| 2012 | 15 | 31 |
| 2013 | 24 | 38 |
| 2014 | 17 | 55 |
| 2015 | 30 | 37 |
| 2016 | 25 | 38 |
| 2017 | 25 | 35 |
| 2018 | 17 | 32 |
| 2019 | 31 | 48 |
| 2020 | 30 | 51 |
| 2021 | 27 | 47 |
| 2022 | 32 | 46 |
| 2023 | 36 | 47 |
| 2024 | 27 | 39 |
| 2025 | 32 | 38 |
| 2026 | 25 | 32 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Occlusion device with sensing functionality29 Sep 2026US 12,745,931 B2Canary Medical Switzerland AG
- Flexible sensor apparatus and method of making same29 Sep 2026US 12,745,960 B2
- Pressure sensor, anchor, delivery system and method25 Aug 2026US 12,714,319 B2Endotronix, Inc.
- Device for aortic root and valve visualization and aortic valve leakage measurement25 Aug 2026US 12,714,565 B2Academisch Ziekenhuis Leiden (H.O.D.N. Lumc)
- System and method for percutaneous deployment of sensors18 Aug 2026US 12,708,332 B2Navigation Sciences, Inc.
- Implantable medical device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272377 A1Siemens Healthineers AG
- Composite catheter with dual functions of ultrasound imaging and fractional blood pressure measurement13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232208 A1The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Indwelling sensor13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232209 A1
- Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Pressure Measurement Systems and Methods2 Jul 2026US 2026/0182848 A1Baylis Medical Technologies Inc.
- Catheter Needle with Optical Fiber for Raman Signal Measurement18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165585 A1Haemanthus, Inc.
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