A61B 5/7405
Using sound
Official title: {using sound}
A61B5/7405 (Using sound) appears on 2,300 US grants and 3,765 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,300
- Published applications
- 3,765
- Assignees
- 1,297
- Inventors
- 5,855
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 10 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 4 | 1 |
| 2003 | 3 | 8 |
| 2004 | 2 | 20 |
| 2005 | 6 | 16 |
| 2006 | 8 | 23 |
| 2007 | 2 | 36 |
| 2008 | 5 | 41 |
| 2009 | 13 | 90 |
| 2010 | 18 | 99 |
| 2011 | 15 | 38 |
| 2012 | 45 | 61 |
| 2013 | 55 | 109 |
| 2014 | 87 | 240 |
| 2015 | 106 | 215 |
| 2016 | 114 | 256 |
| 2017 | 119 | 274 |
| 2018 | 152 | 255 |
| 2019 | 209 | 290 |
| 2020 | 196 | 311 |
| 2021 | 221 | 330 |
| 2022 | 198 | 277 |
| 2023 | 205 | 208 |
| 2024 | 170 | 249 |
| 2025 | 177 | 183 |
| 2026 | 108 | 135 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Time-of-flight measurement on user with cameras and position sensor6 Oct 2026US 12,751,628 B2Omni Medsci, Inc.
- Posturographic evaluation apparatus and method6 Oct 2026US 12,751,647 B2Centro Di Fisioterapia Di Cecilia Surace & C. S.A.S.
- Handheld wireless oximetry device29 Sep 2026US 12,745,933 B2
- Wearable medical device29 Sep 2026US 12,745,956 B2Sanofi
- Wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) system logging events and broadcasting state changes and system status information to external clients29 Sep 2026US 12,746,402 B2West Affum Holdings DAC
- Method and apparatus for providing data processing and control in medical communication system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305986 A1Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
- Adaptive user verification of acute health events8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306032 A1Medtronic, Inc.
- Systems and methods for postpartum hemorrhage risk prediction using maternal heart rate1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294254 A1The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
- Fall Risk Assessment for a User1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294278 A1Google Inc.
- Electrocardiography patch1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294312 A1Bardy Diagnostics, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Analyte monitoring device and methods of use2,634US 6,175,752 B1TheraSense, Inc. · 2001
- Analyte monitoring device and methods of use2,053US 6,565,509 B1TheraSense, Inc. · 2003
- Analyte monitoring device and methods of use1,821US 6,560,471 B1TheraSense, Inc. · 2003
- Surgical instruments with sensors for detecting tissue properties, and system using such instruments1,374US 9,204,830 B2Surgisense Corporation · 2015
- Pulse oximetry data confidence indicator1,269US 6,684,090 B2Masimo Corporation · 2004