A61B 6/42
Arrangements for detecting radiation specially adapted for radiation diagnosis
A61B6/42 (Arrangements for detecting radiation specially adapted for radiation diagnosis) appears on 5,635 US grants and 6,125 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 5,635
- Published applications
- 6,125
- Assignees
- 1,213
- Inventors
- 7,678
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 22 | 0 |
| 1977 | 22 | 0 |
| 1978 | 19 | 0 |
| 1979 | 18 | 0 |
| 1980 | 26 | 0 |
| 1981 | 24 | 0 |
| 1982 | 16 | 0 |
| 1983 | 16 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 39 | 0 |
| 2000 | 43 | 0 |
| 2001 | 80 | 22 |
| 2002 | 75 | 79 |
| 2003 | 72 | 81 |
| 2004 | 65 | 137 |
| 2005 | 65 | 112 |
| 2006 | 104 | 114 |
| 2007 | 68 | 118 |
| 2008 | 105 | 136 |
| 2009 | 111 | 187 |
| 2010 | 126 | 212 |
| 2011 | 130 | 220 |
| 2012 | 161 | 294 |
| 2013 | 162 | 293 |
| 2014 | 221 | 311 |
| 2015 | 246 | 366 |
| 2016 | 255 | 376 |
| 2017 | 284 | 344 |
| 2018 | 312 | 405 |
| 2019 | 367 | 371 |
| 2020 | 431 | 373 |
| 2021 | 354 | 344 |
| 2022 | 284 | 321 |
| 2023 | 256 | 294 |
| 2024 | 258 | 274 |
| 2025 | 256 | 210 |
| 2026 | 173 | 131 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 6/4208Characterised by using a particular type of detector4,096
- A61B 6/4291The detector being combined with a grid or grating1,031
- A61B 6/4266Characterised by using a plurality of detector units742
- A61B 6/4283Characterised by a detector unit being housed in a cassette684
- A61B 6/4275Using a detector unit almost surrounding the patient233
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