A61B 6/00
Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis
Official title: Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis; Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis combined with radiation therapy equipment (instruments measuring radiation intensity for application in the field of nuclear medicine, e.g. in vivo counting, G01T1/161)
A61B6/00 (Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis) appears on 30,577 US grants and 34,641 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 30,577
- Published applications
- 34,641
- Assignees
- 5,485
- Inventors
- 37,119
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 109 | 0 |
| 1977 | 127 | 0 |
| 1978 | 147 | 0 |
| 1979 | 109 | 0 |
| 1980 | 123 | 0 |
| 1981 | 109 | 0 |
| 1982 | 96 | 0 |
| 1983 | 81 | 0 |
| 1984 | 96 | 0 |
| 1985 | 84 | 0 |
| 1986 | 117 | 0 |
| 1987 | 139 | 0 |
| 1988 | 108 | 0 |
| 1989 | 145 | 0 |
| 1990 | 153 | 0 |
| 1991 | 192 | 0 |
| 1992 | 159 | 0 |
| 1993 | 162 | 0 |
| 1994 | 148 | 0 |
| 1995 | 173 | 0 |
| 1996 | 218 | 0 |
| 1997 | 201 | 0 |
| 1998 | 278 | 0 |
| 1999 | 211 | 0 |
| 2000 | 268 | 0 |
| 2001 | 380 | 113 |
| 2002 | 439 | 431 |
| 2003 | 380 | 524 |
| 2004 | 365 | 739 |
| 2005 | 403 | 908 |
| 2006 | 599 | 921 |
| 2007 | 472 | 1003 |
| 2008 | 578 | 1180 |
| 2009 | 689 | 1194 |
| 2010 | 856 | 1237 |
| 2011 | 784 | 1249 |
| 2012 | 903 | 1464 |
| 2013 | 996 | 1522 |
| 2014 | 1153 | 1666 |
| 2015 | 1307 | 1800 |
| 2016 | 1349 | 1855 |
| 2017 | 1384 | 1761 |
| 2018 | 1501 | 1907 |
| 2019 | 1761 | 1864 |
| 2020 | 1925 | 1964 |
| 2021 | 1649 | 1878 |
| 2022 | 1501 | 1739 |
| 2023 | 1423 | 1626 |
| 2024 | 1556 | 1662 |
| 2025 | 1500 | 1439 |
| 2026 | 971 | 995 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 6/02Arrangements for diagnosis sequentially in different planes14,595
- A61B 6/50Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis: specially adapted for specific body parts10,045
- A61B 6/52Devices using data or image processing specially adapted for radiation diagnosis9,091
- A61B 6/44Constructional features of apparatus for radiation diagnosis7,292
- A61B 6/48Diagnostic techniques6,585
- A61B 6/54Control of apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis5,765
- A61B 6/42Arrangements for detecting radiation specially adapted for radiation diagnosis5,635
- A61B 6/46Arrangements for interfacing with the operator or the patient5,093
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- A61B 6/40Arrangements for generating radiation specially adapted for radiation diagnosis4,093
- A61B 6/04Positioning of patients4,015
- A61B 6/58Testing, adjusting or calibrating thereof3,550
- A61B 6/12Arrangements for detecting or locating foreign bodies2,655
- A61B 6/56Details of data transmission or power supply1,863
- A61B 6/06Diaphragms1,736
- A61B 6/10Safety means specially adapted therefor1,254
- A61B 6/08Auxiliary means for directing the radiation beam to a particular spot855
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By later US patents
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