A61B 6/04
Positioning of patients
Official title: Positioning of patients; Tiltable beds or the like
A61B6/04 (Positioning of patients) appears on 4,015 US grants and 4,498 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 4,015
- Published applications
- 4,498
- Assignees
- 1,039
- Inventors
- 6,800
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 22 | 0 |
| 1977 | 15 | 0 |
| 1978 | 20 | 0 |
| 1979 | 15 | 0 |
| 1980 | 13 | 0 |
| 1981 | 9 | 0 |
| 1982 | 11 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 13 | 0 |
| 1985 | 8 | 0 |
| 1986 | 30 | 0 |
| 1987 | 24 | 0 |
| 1988 | 11 | 0 |
| 1989 | 20 | 0 |
| 1990 | 29 | 0 |
| 1991 | 31 | 0 |
| 1992 | 22 | 0 |
| 1993 | 25 | 0 |
| 1994 | 20 | 0 |
| 1995 | 23 | 0 |
| 1996 | 30 | 0 |
| 1997 | 25 | 0 |
| 1998 | 57 | 0 |
| 1999 | 25 | 0 |
| 2000 | 34 | 0 |
| 2001 | 27 | 16 |
| 2002 | 53 | 53 |
| 2003 | 53 | 49 |
| 2004 | 48 | 103 |
| 2005 | 57 | 74 |
| 2006 | 66 | 84 |
| 2007 | 40 | 98 |
| 2008 | 53 | 124 |
| 2009 | 79 | 135 |
| 2010 | 98 | 122 |
| 2011 | 68 | 115 |
| 2012 | 72 | 159 |
| 2013 | 103 | 167 |
| 2014 | 143 | 204 |
| 2015 | 132 | 279 |
| 2016 | 156 | 244 |
| 2017 | 182 | 259 |
| 2018 | 188 | 260 |
| 2019 | 242 | 237 |
| 2020 | 279 | 326 |
| 2021 | 229 | 258 |
| 2022 | 231 | 254 |
| 2023 | 246 | 247 |
| 2024 | 244 | 233 |
| 2025 | 240 | 241 |
| 2026 | 147 | 157 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Computer tomography apparatus and method of manufacturing6 Oct 2026US 12,751,678 B2Vet-Dicon GmbH
- Nuclear medicine diagnostic apparatus, nuclear medicine imaging method and computer readable non-volatile storage medium storing nuclear medicine imaging program6 Oct 2026US 12,751,680 B2Canon Medical Systems Corporation
- Medical device, table driving method, and recording medium15 Sep 2026US 12,733,888 B2GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- Medical device and movement control method therefor15 Sep 2026US 12,733,889 B2GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- Floor assembly for patient positioning system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306034 A1Leo Cancer Care, Inc.
- X-ray ct apparatus, control method by x-ray ct apparatus, and storage medium1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294359 A1Canon Medical Systems Corporation
- Anatomic positioning device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294362 A1See-7 LLC
- Method for providing image data1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294365 A1Siemens Healthineers AG
- Radiographic imaging system, information processing device and method of controlling same, and program1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294371 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Device including moveable support for examining persons872US 7,430,772 B2Koninklijke Philips Electronics N. V. · 2008
- Method and apparatuses for assisting a diagnosing practitioner with describing the location of a target structure in a breast757US 9,962,129 B2Siemens Healthcare GmbH · 2018
- Apparatus and method for determining a location of an anatomical target with reference to a medical apparatus593US 6,405,072 B1Sherwood Services AG · 2002
- Motorized mammographic biopsy apparatus461US 5,415,169 AFischer Imaging Corporation · 1995
- Foot-operated control system for a multi-function440US 5,883,615 ALiebel-Flarsheim Company · 1999