A61B 6/461
Displaying means of special interest
Official title: {Displaying means of special interest}
A61B6/461 (Displaying means of special interest) appears on 3,957 US grants and 5,118 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 3,957
- Published applications
- 5,118
- Assignees
- 940
- Inventors
- 6,662
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 20 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 12 |
| 2002 | 22 | 41 |
| 2003 | 27 | 44 |
| 2004 | 23 | 64 |
| 2005 | 29 | 76 |
| 2006 | 50 | 91 |
| 2007 | 31 | 110 |
| 2008 | 33 | 105 |
| 2009 | 66 | 139 |
| 2010 | 82 | 110 |
| 2011 | 72 | 123 |
| 2012 | 88 | 166 |
| 2013 | 95 | 173 |
| 2014 | 129 | 250 |
| 2015 | 163 | 301 |
| 2016 | 172 | 367 |
| 2017 | 218 | 359 |
| 2018 | 294 | 376 |
| 2019 | 362 | 302 |
| 2020 | 383 | 349 |
| 2021 | 307 | 316 |
| 2022 | 294 | 286 |
| 2023 | 265 | 285 |
| 2024 | 261 | 267 |
| 2025 | 251 | 233 |
| 2026 | 139 | 173 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 6/463Characterised by displaying multiple images or images and diagnostic data on one1,645
- A61B 6/466Adapted to display 3d data1,211
- A61B 6/465Adapted to display user selection data722
- A61B 6/462Characterised by constructional features of the display229
- A61B 6/464Involving a plurality of displays164
Recent patents
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- Radiographic imaging support system, radiographic imaging support method, and recording medium6 Oct 2026US 12,751,685 B2Konica Minolta, Inc.
- 3D enhanced visualization of medical images6 Oct 2026US 12,755,476 B2GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- Methods and systems for identifying a heart condition in a non-human subject using predictive models6 Oct 2026US 12,755,842 B2IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
- Dynamic four-dimensional contrast enhanced tomosynthesis29 Sep 2026US 12,745,967 B2Real Time Tomography, LLC
- Evaluation of current state of coronary arteries using machine learning8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306041 A1Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
- System, method and computer-accessible medium for providing automated image path registration8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311350 A1Koninklijke Philps N.V.
- X-ray ct apparatus and image processing apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294358 A1Canon Medical Systems Corporation
- X-ray ct apparatus, control method by x-ray ct apparatus, and storage medium1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294359 A1Canon Medical Systems Corporation
- X-ray diagnostic apparatus, medical image processing apparatus, medical image processing method, and computer-readable non-transitory storage medium for storing medical image processing program1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294363 A1Canon Medical Systems Corporation
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By later US patents
- Method and system for incrementally moving teeth987US 5,975,893 AAlign Technology, Inc. · 1999
- Method and apparatuses for assisting a diagnosing practitioner with describing the location of a target structure in a breast757US 9,962,129 B2Siemens Healthcare GmbH · 2018
- Navigational guidance via computer-assisted fluoroscopic imaging690US 6,470,207 B1Surgical Navigation Technologies, Inc. · 2002
- Navigation system for cardiac therapies625US 7,697,972 B2Medtronic Navigation, Inc. · 2010
- Apparatus and method for planning a stereotactic surgical procedure using coordinated fluoroscopy623US 5,799,055 ANorthwestern University · 1998