A61B 6/0407
Supports
Official title: {Supports, e.g. tables or beds, for the body or parts of the body}
A61B6/0407 (Supports) appears on 2,566 US grants and 3,013 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,566
- Published applications
- 3,013
- Assignees
- 717
- Inventors
- 4,602
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 16 | 0 |
| 1977 | 10 | 0 |
| 1978 | 11 | 0 |
| 1979 | 7 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 9 | 0 |
| 1987 | 10 | 0 |
| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 9 | 0 |
| 1990 | 13 | 0 |
| 1991 | 12 | 0 |
| 1992 | 10 | 0 |
| 1993 | 13 | 0 |
| 1994 | 15 | 0 |
| 1995 | 13 | 0 |
| 1996 | 17 | 0 |
| 1997 | 16 | 0 |
| 1998 | 40 | 0 |
| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 21 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 7 |
| 2002 | 25 | 30 |
| 2003 | 28 | 33 |
| 2004 | 28 | 49 |
| 2005 | 26 | 33 |
| 2006 | 30 | 35 |
| 2007 | 21 | 46 |
| 2008 | 20 | 64 |
| 2009 | 33 | 64 |
| 2010 | 49 | 65 |
| 2011 | 40 | 65 |
| 2012 | 42 | 103 |
| 2013 | 56 | 122 |
| 2014 | 89 | 140 |
| 2015 | 90 | 188 |
| 2016 | 107 | 177 |
| 2017 | 126 | 179 |
| 2018 | 127 | 165 |
| 2019 | 164 | 162 |
| 2020 | 195 | 228 |
| 2021 | 154 | 192 |
| 2022 | 162 | 196 |
| 2023 | 176 | 179 |
| 2024 | 195 | 179 |
| 2025 | 172 | 184 |
| 2026 | 119 | 128 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Wide angle automatic exposure control in tomosynthesis6 Oct 2026US 12,751,676 B2Hologic, Inc.
- 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
- 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
- Method and apparatus for a simulated weight-bearing positioning system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294545 A1Orthios Innovations, LLC
- Multimodality Medical Procedure Mattress-Based Device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272743 A1Egg Medical, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Detection of undesirable forces on a surgical robotic arm385US 10,145,747 B1Auris Health, Inc. · 2018
- Multi-mode cone beam CT radiotherapy simulator and treatment machine with a flat panel imager382US 8,116,430 B1Varian Medical Systems, Inc. · 2012