A61B 5/7475
User input or interface means
Official title: {User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick}
A61B5/7475 (User input or interface means) appears on 3,425 US grants and 5,521 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 3,425
- Published applications
- 5,521
- Assignees
- 1,632
- Inventors
- 8,930
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 8 | 8 |
| 2002 | 14 | 27 |
| 2003 | 18 | 45 |
| 2004 | 17 | 31 |
| 2005 | 13 | 46 |
| 2006 | 15 | 56 |
| 2007 | 20 | 50 |
| 2008 | 25 | 88 |
| 2009 | 14 | 87 |
| 2010 | 24 | 107 |
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| 2012 | 79 | 97 |
| 2013 | 79 | 145 |
| 2014 | 146 | 392 |
| 2015 | 143 | 337 |
| 2016 | 187 | 433 |
| 2017 | 236 | 338 |
| 2018 | 206 | 319 |
| 2019 | 300 | 377 |
| 2020 | 269 | 344 |
| 2021 | 272 | 426 |
| 2022 | 266 | 443 |
| 2023 | 277 | 345 |
| 2024 | 280 | 315 |
| 2025 | 261 | 340 |
| 2026 | 151 | 237 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Intravascular pressure and flow data diagnostic systems, devices, and methods6 Oct 2026US 12,751,638 B2St. Jude Medical Coordination Center Bvba
- External medical device that identifies a response activity6 Oct 2026US 12,751,674 B2ZOLL Medical Corporation
- Handheld wireless oximetry device29 Sep 2026US 12,745,933 B2
- Oximetry using light wavelengths to avoid surgical dyes22 Sep 2026US 12,740,729 B2
- Systems and methods for digitographic measurement of Parkinson's disease22 Sep 2026US 12,740,740 B2The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
- Sphygmomanometer for determining irregular pulse wave and operation method thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305963 A1Korot Co., Ltd.
- Electrode harness for use in carrying out electrical impedance tomography, a system and a method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305969 A1Cyqiq Ltd
- Wearable electronic devices and methods for detecting emotional states and providing actionable neurofeedback8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306020 A1Awear Technologies, LLC
- Interface for a medical imaging system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309821 A1Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Video Documentation System and Medical Treatments Used with or Independent Thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311834 A1P Tech, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Handheld personal data assistant (PDA) with a medical device and method of using the same2,420US 6,641,533 B2Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. · 2003
- Handheld personal data assistant (PDA) with a medical device and method of using the same2,273US 6,558,320 B1Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. · 2003
- Diabetes management system and apparatus1,437US 5,019,974 ADiva Medical Systems bv · 1991
- Method and apparatus for accessing medical data over a network1,407US 6,911,916 B1Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 2005
- Apparatus for detecting human physiological and contextual information1,245US 7,020,508 B2BodyMedia, Inc. · 2006