A61B 5/6885
Monitoring or controlling sensor contact pressure
Official title: {Monitoring or controlling sensor contact pressure}
A61B5/6885 (Monitoring or controlling sensor contact pressure) appears on 673 US grants and 972 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 673
- Published applications
- 972
- Assignees
- 393
- Inventors
- 1,585
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 5 |
| 2002 | 5 | 12 |
| 2003 | 6 | 16 |
| 2004 | 7 | 19 |
| 2005 | 4 | 14 |
| 2006 | 5 | 12 |
| 2007 | 10 | 26 |
| 2008 | 5 | 22 |
| 2009 | 5 | 17 |
| 2010 | 10 | 36 |
| 2011 | 26 | 34 |
| 2012 | 14 | 40 |
| 2013 | 36 | 35 |
| 2014 | 32 | 49 |
| 2015 | 33 | 50 |
| 2016 | 28 | 39 |
| 2017 | 37 | 81 |
| 2018 | 33 | 49 |
| 2019 | 40 | 64 |
| 2020 | 47 | 50 |
| 2021 | 42 | 53 |
| 2022 | 46 | 55 |
| 2023 | 43 | 71 |
| 2024 | 44 | 56 |
| 2025 | 39 | 35 |
| 2026 | 30 | 32 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Nerve stimulation (TENS) device8 Sep 2026US 12,727,786 B2NeuroMetrix, Inc.
- Gastric resident electronics8 Sep 2026US 12,727,827 B2Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Tibial insert with modular case18 Aug 2026US 12,708,529 B2Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
- Compact force sensor for catheters7 Jul 2026US 12,672,827 B2St. Jude Medical International Holding S.à r. l.
- Catheter device comprising a sensor device for measuring a force effect16 Jun 2026US 12,653,985 B2VascoMed GmbH
- Intravascular mechanical shape and stiffness sensor20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240436 A1Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Deflectable elongated guidewire assembly20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240498 A1Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
- Estimation of contact force of catheter expandable assembly13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232275 A1Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Catheter with serially connected sensing structures and methods of calibration and detection13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232959 A1Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Implant30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215735 A1Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electromechanical driver and remote surgical instrument attachment having computer assisted control capabilities2,760US 6,716,233 B1Power Medical Interventions, Inc. · 2004
- Electromechanical driver and remote surgical instrument attachment having computer assisted control capabilities2,639US 7,077,856 B2Power Medical Interventions, Inc. · 2006
- Electromechanical driver and remote surgical instrument attachment having computer assisted control capabilities1,782US 8,016,858 B2Tyco Healthcare Group IP · 2011
- Robotic catheter system1,662US 7,972,298 B2Hansen Medical, Inc. · 2011
- Apparatus and method for treating cardiac arrhythmias1,580US 5,391,199 ABiosense, Inc. · 1995