A61B 5/72
Signal processing specially adapted for physiological signals or for diagnostic purposes
Official title: {Signal processing specially adapted for physiological signals or for diagnostic purposes}
A61B5/72 (Signal processing specially adapted for physiological signals or for diagnostic purposes) appears on 27,171 US grants and 42,011 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 27,171
- Published applications
- 42,011
- Assignees
- 9,146
- Inventors
- 55,364
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 14 | 0 |
| 1977 | 9 | 0 |
| 1978 | 15 | 0 |
| 1979 | 19 | 0 |
| 1980 | 12 | 0 |
| 1981 | 10 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983 | 12 | 0 |
| 1984 | 14 | 0 |
| 1985 | 16 | 0 |
| 1986 | 19 | 0 |
| 1987 | 23 | 0 |
| 1988 | 21 | 0 |
| 1989 | 35 | 0 |
| 1990 | 42 | 0 |
| 1991 | 37 | 0 |
| 1992 | 29 | 0 |
| 1993 | 46 | 0 |
| 1994 | 83 | 0 |
| 1995 | 55 | 0 |
| 1996 | 76 | 0 |
| 1997 | 84 | 0 |
| 1998 | 143 | 0 |
| 1999 | 95 | 0 |
| 2000 | 146 | 0 |
| 2001 | 145 | 63 |
| 2002 | 160 | 204 |
| 2003 | 196 | 285 |
| 2004 | 152 | 378 |
| 2005 | 136 | 400 |
| 2006 | 190 | 452 |
| 2007 | 208 | 555 |
| 2008 | 191 | 680 |
| 2009 | 206 | 753 |
| 2010 | 354 | 979 |
| 2011 | 422 | 839 |
| 2012 | 645 | 940 |
| 2013 | 824 | 1263 |
| 2014 | 1011 | 1890 |
| 2015 | 1004 | 1995 |
| 2016 | 1119 | 2556 |
| 2017 | 1407 | 2510 |
| 2018 | 1401 | 2464 |
| 2019 | 2112 | 2841 |
| 2020 | 2102 | 3037 |
| 2021 | 2115 | 3209 |
| 2022 | 2238 | 3131 |
| 2023 | 2141 | 3017 |
| 2024 | 2153 | 2974 |
| 2025 | 2116 | 2621 |
| 2026 | 1360 | 1975 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 5/7235Details of waveform analysis14,572
- A61B 5/7271Specific aspects of physiological measurement analysis11,132
- A61B 5/7203For noise prevention, reduction or removal6,440
- A61B 5/7221Determining signal validity, reliability or quality2,041
- A61B 5/7225Details of analogue processing2,017
- A61B 5/7232Involving compression of the physiological signal677
- A61B 5/7228Signal modulation applied to the input signal sent to patient or subject329
Recent patents
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- Time-of-flight measurement on user with cameras and position sensor6 Oct 2026US 12,751,628 B2Omni Medsci, Inc.
- System and method for detecting recurrence of a disease6 Oct 2026US 12,751,629 B2GE Precision Healthcare LLC
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- Intravascular pressure and flow data diagnostic systems, devices, and methods6 Oct 2026US 12,751,638 B2St. Jude Medical Coordination Center Bvba
- Methods for tissue imaging and uses thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305941 A1The University of Melbourne
- Mapping electrodes from magnetic resonance imaging (mri) data8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305945 A1The Regents of the University of Michigan
- Systems and methods for cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305946 A1Ohio State Innovation Foundation
- Polarization sensitive biometric monitoring8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305947 A1Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Monitoring system and method for measuring a quantity of blood lost after vaginal delivery8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305952 A1Fondation Hopital Saint Joseph
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