A61B 5/708
Breast positioning means
Official title: {Breast positioning means}
A61B5/708 (Breast positioning means) appears on 187 US grants and 289 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 187
- Published applications
- 289
- Assignees
- 115
- Inventors
- 542
- Latest grant
- 21 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 5 |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 |
| 2005 | 2 | 7 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 5 |
| 2008 | 1 | 12 |
| 2009 | 1 | 12 |
| 2010 | 8 | 13 |
| 2011 | 6 | 11 |
| 2012 | 6 | 6 |
| 2013 | 8 | 25 |
| 2014 | 13 | 25 |
| 2015 | 11 | 37 |
| 2016 | 14 | 25 |
| 2017 | 16 | 34 |
| 2018 | 10 | 12 |
| 2019 | 22 | 13 |
| 2020 | 13 | 9 |
| 2021 | 11 | 8 |
| 2022 | 5 | 8 |
| 2023 | 4 | 6 |
| 2024 | 7 | 6 |
| 2025 | 9 | 4 |
| 2026 | 2 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for in body microwave imaging of a subject21 Jul 2026US 12,688,635 B2Tata Consultancy Services Limited
- Microwave breast cancer screening system17 Mar 2026US 12,575,752 B2Istanbul Teknik Universitesi
- Scattering tomography device and scattering tomography method23 Dec 2025US 12,505,591 B2Integral Geometry Science Inc.
- Receive coil for MRI breast imaging2 Dec 2025US 12,484,856 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Dual mode three-dimensional breast imaging device and method16 Sep 2025US 12,414,755 B2DOBI Global, LLC
- System and method for interpretation of medical images24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290608 A1Volpara Health Technologies Limited
- Ultra-wideband and multi-angle microwave imaging for early detection of breast cancer30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215727 A1Breast Cancer Em Systems (Bcems) Ltd.
- Method and system for microwave scanning of biological tissue16 Apr 2026US 2026/0102073 A1
- Personalized breast imaging system10 Jul 2025US 2025/0221668 A1Hologic, Inc.
- Receive coil for mri breast imaging22 May 2025US 2025/0160757 A1FUJIFILM Healthcare Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- MRI biopsy device372US 7,708,751 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2010
- Breast coil for magnetic resonance imaging135US 5,363,845 AMedical Advances, Inc. · 1994
- Hybrid imaging method to monitor medical device delivery and patient support for use in the method113US 7,379,769 B2Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center · 2008
- MRI-guided interventional mammary procedures103US 6,675,037 B1Regents of the University of Minnesota · 2004
- MRI biopsy device76US 7,862,517 B2Devicor Medical Products, Inc. · 2011