A61B 5/6879
Means for maintaining contact with the body
Official title: {Means for maintaining contact with the body (A61B5/6847 takes precedence)}
A61B5/6879 (Means for maintaining contact with the body) appears on 725 US grants and 1,085 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 725
- Published applications
- 1,085
- Assignees
- 423
- Inventors
- 1,765
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2002 | 6 | 19 |
| 2003 | 11 | 15 |
| 2004 | 9 | 32 |
| 2005 | 6 | 33 |
| 2006 | 16 | 36 |
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| 2008 | 10 | 33 |
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| 2021 | 47 | 88 |
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| 2023 | 54 | 81 |
| 2024 | 53 | 68 |
| 2025 | 52 | 46 |
| 2026 | 35 | 30 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Occlusion device with sensing functionality29 Sep 2026US 12,745,931 B2Canary Medical Switzerland AG
- 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.
- Closed-loop control of heart failure interventional therapy1 Sep 2026US 12,721,590 B2Foundry Innovation & Research 1, Ltd.
- Pressure sensor, anchor, delivery system and method25 Aug 2026US 12,714,319 B2Endotronix, Inc.
- Methods for needle alignment for wearable biosensors8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305992 A1DexCom, Inc.
- Real-time bladder sensing system through bio-implantable sensor element8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306026 A1Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
- Intraocular physiological sensor1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294264 A1Glaukos Corporation
- Applicators for applying transcutaneous analyte sensors and associated methods of manufacture10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262966 A1DexCom, Inc.
- Audible Frequency Generating System For An Implantable Medical Device13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232192 A1Greatbatch Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Gastric treatment and diagnosis device and method1,899US 6,535,764 B2IntraPace, Inc. · 2003
- Insertable device and system for minimal access procedure1,731US 7,066,879 B2The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · 2006
- 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
- Optimized sensor geometry for an implantable glucose sensor1,306US 7,134,999 B2DexCom, Inc. · 2006