A61B 6/0487
Motor-assisted positioning
Official title: {Motor-assisted positioning}
A61B6/0487 (Motor-assisted positioning) appears on 995 US grants and 1,057 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 995
- Published applications
- 1,057
- Assignees
- 274
- Inventors
- 2,126
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2004 | 9 | 27 |
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| 2023 | 43 | 51 |
| 2024 | 41 | 47 |
| 2025 | 54 | 54 |
| 2026 | 34 | 40 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- 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
- High efficiency power distribution unit for a medical imaging system8 Sep 2026US 12,727,834 B2GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- Examination table and X-ray imaging system25 Aug 2026US 12,714,375 B2GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- Floor assembly for patient positioning system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306034 A1Leo Cancer Care, Inc.
- Image scanning methods and systems for medical devices24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283571 A1Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co., Ltd.
- Apparatus for positioning a patient with pivotably mounted hardware module27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248470 A1Siemens Healthineers AG
- Method for Positioning a Patient, Processing Device, Magnetic Resonance Apparatus, Computer Program, and Data Storage Medium27 Aug 2026US 2026/0253219 A1Siemens Healthineers AG
- Patient immobilization6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224915 A1Leo Cancer Care, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Foot-operated control system for a multi-function440US 5,883,615 ALiebel-Flarsheim Company · 1999
- Automatically-initialized robotic systems for navigation of luminal networks394US 10,022,192 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
- Multi-mode cone beam CT radiotherapy simulator and treatment machine with a flat panel imager365US 7,945,021 B2Varian Medical Systems, Inc. · 2011
- Method for X-ray fluoroscopy or radiography, and X-ray apparatus353US 5,598,453 AHitachi Medical Corporation · 1997