A61B 6/4488
Means for cooling
Official title: {Means for cooling (A61B6/045 takes precedence)}
A61B6/4488 (Means for cooling) appears on 577 US grants and 534 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 534
- Assignees
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- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 12 | 17 |
| 2025 | 19 | 17 |
| 2026 | 7 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- X-ray tube device and x-ray CT apparatus22 Sep 2026US 12,745,339 B2FUJIFILM Healthcare Corporation
- Power supply apparatus of CT shelter system25 Aug 2026US 12,719,302 B2Siemens Healthineers AG
- X-ray imaging gantry damping system18 Aug 2026US 12,708,334 B2GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- Heat dissipation structure and inspection apparatus11 Aug 2026US 12,702,371 B2Nuctech Company Limited
- Systems for a heat transfer bolted joint4 Aug 2026US 12,697,080 B2GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- X-ray unit, imaging device, method for operating an x-ray unit, method for acquiring image data, and computer program product1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294376 A1Siemens Healthineers AG
- Radiation detection device and ct apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299148 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
- Computed tomography imaging system with a component having a fluid reservoir16 Apr 2026US 2026/0102132 A1Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Radiation detector, imaging system, and temperature control method26 Mar 2026US 2026/0083415 A1GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- Radiation imaging apparatus, wireless power feeding apparatus, and radiation imaging system12 Mar 2026US 2026/0072185 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
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- Tetrahedron beam computed tomography318US 7,760,849 B2William Beaumont Hospital · 2010
- Combined PET and X-ray CT tomograph and method for using same239US 6,490,476 B1CTI PET Systems, Inc. · 2002
- Prone position stereotactic mammography needle biopsy apparatus and method for using the same228US 5,609,152 AThermotrex Corporation · 1997
- Stereotactic mammography imaging system with prone position examination table and CCD camera207US 5,289,520 ALorad Corporation · 1994
- System for quantitative radiographic imaging202US 5,864,146 AUniversity of Massachusetts Medical Center · 1999