A61B 6/4494
Means for identifying the diagnostic device
Official title: {Means for identifying the diagnostic device}
A61B6/4494 (Means for identifying the diagnostic device) appears on 356 US grants and 416 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Automatic collimator installation systems and methods30 Oct 2025US 2025/0331803 A1Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co., Ltd.
- Radiographic imaging system14 Aug 2025US 2025/0255571 A1Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Medical imaging system9 Jan 2025US 2025/0009322 A1RADuxtion, LLC
- Scanning cabins, methods for identifying scanning cabins, and imaging systems19 Sep 2024US 2024/0307013 A1Wuhan United Imaging Life Science Instrument Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Computer-aided diagnosis system for medical use495US 5,235,510 AKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba · 1993
- Systems and methods for surgical and interventional planning, support, post-operative follow-up, and, functional recovery tracking450US 9,129,054 B2DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. · 2015
- Endoscopic smart probe and method335US 6,984,205 B22006
- Systems and methods for surgical and interventional planning, support, post-operative follow-up, and functional recovery tracking292US 9,700,292 B2DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. · 2017
- Method and apparatus for remotely configuring and servicing a field replaceable unit in a medical diagnostic system276US 6,325,540 B1General Electric Company · 2001