A61B 6/40
Arrangements for generating radiation specially adapted for radiation diagnosis
A61B6/40 (Arrangements for generating radiation specially adapted for radiation diagnosis) appears on 4,093 US grants and 4,334 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 4,093
- Published applications
- 4,334
- Assignees
- 969
- Inventors
- 5,977
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 19 | 0 |
| 1977 | 34 | 0 |
| 1978 | 43 | 0 |
| 1979 | 21 | 0 |
| 1980 | 19 | 0 |
| 1981 | 20 | 0 |
| 1982 | 10 | 0 |
| 1983 | 14 | 0 |
| 1984 | 17 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | 10 | 0 |
| 1987 | 19 | 0 |
| 1988 | 11 | 0 |
| 1989 | 13 | 0 |
| 1990 | 14 | 0 |
| 1991 | 16 | 0 |
| 1992 | 15 | 0 |
| 1993 | 26 | 0 |
| 1994 | 19 | 0 |
| 1995 | 21 | 0 |
| 1996 | 31 | 0 |
| 1997 | 26 | 0 |
| 1998 | 36 | 0 |
| 1999 | 17 | 0 |
| 2000 | 34 | 0 |
| 2001 | 59 | 17 |
| 2002 | 49 | 35 |
| 2003 | 45 | 74 |
| 2004 | 49 | 125 |
| 2005 | 69 | 133 |
| 2006 | 103 | 108 |
| 2007 | 76 | 121 |
| 2008 | 93 | 109 |
| 2009 | 93 | 117 |
| 2010 | 107 | 167 |
| 2011 | 109 | 146 |
| 2012 | 98 | 194 |
| 2013 | 115 | 152 |
| 2014 | 139 | 186 |
| 2015 | 154 | 262 |
| 2016 | 177 | 243 |
| 2017 | 197 | 232 |
| 2018 | 199 | 285 |
| 2019 | 246 | 217 |
| 2020 | 278 | 294 |
| 2021 | 247 | 237 |
| 2022 | 211 | 243 |
| 2023 | 198 | 188 |
| 2024 | 183 | 186 |
| 2025 | 195 | 154 |
| 2026 | 92 | 109 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 6/4064Specially adapted for producing a particular type of beam1,482
- A61B 6/4035The source being combined with a filter or grating1,008
- A61B 6/4007Characterised by using a plurality of source units886
- A61B 6/4021Involving movement of the focal spot799
- A61B 6/405Source units specially adapted to modify characteristics of the beam during the552
- A61B 6/4057By using radiation sources located in the interior of the body180
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Most cited
By later US patents
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- Systems and methods for imaging large field-of-view objects486US 7,108,421 B2Breakaway Imaging, LLC · 2006
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- Method for determining the position of an organ353US 5,447,154 AUniversite Joseph Fourier · 1995