A61B 6/4071
Pencil beams
Official title: {Pencil beams}
A61B6/4071 (Pencil beams) appears on 55 US grants and 39 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 55
- Published applications
- 39
- Assignees
- 32
- Inventors
- 108
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 10 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 |
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| 2015 | 1 | 5 |
| 2016 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 4 | 2 |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 4 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Acquisition of proton computed tomography images14 Jul 2026US 12,678,108 B2Rhode Island Hospital
- X-ray irradiation apparatus, including a spectrally shaping X-ray optic and a spectral filter aperture device, for X-ray imaging2 Jun 2026US 12,646,634 B2Universitaet Hamburg
- Apparatus and methods for x-ray imaging16 Sep 2025US 12,414,753 B2Xenselab, LLC
- System and method for continuous calibration of X-ray scans17 Jun 2025US 12,329,563 B2Hologic, Inc.
- Backscattered X-ray imaging device based on multi-sources17 Dec 2024US 12,167,923 B2Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
- Apparatus and methods for x-ray imaging8 Jan 2026US 2026/0007382 A1Xenselab, LLC
- System and method for continuous calibration of x-ray scans11 Dec 2025US 2025/0375179 A1Hologic, Inc.
- X-ray irradiation apparatus, including a spectrally shaping x-ray optic and a spectral filter aperture device, for x-ray imaging20 Feb 2025US 2025/0062048 A1Universitaet Hamburg
- X-ray pencil beam forming system and method28 Sep 2023US 2023/0301613 A1Seethru Ai Inc.
- Acquisition of proton computed tomography images6 Jul 2023US 2023/0210476 A1Rhode Island Hospital
Most cited
By later US patents
- Target Tracking for image-guided radiation treatment123US 8,559,596 B2Accuray Incorporated · 2013
- Methods and systems for treating breast cancer using external beam radiation105US 7,940,891 B2Varian Medical Systems, Inc. · 2011
- Computed tomography scanner with reduced power x-ray source51US 5,867,553 AAnalogic Corporation · 1999
- Method and system for calibrating a source and detector instrument44US 7,147,373 B2University Health Network · 2006
- Personnel inspection system with x-ray line source43US 6,785,360 B12004