A61B 6/50
Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis: specially adapted for specific body parts
Official title: specially adapted for specific body parts; specially adapted for specific clinical applications
A61B6/50 (Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis: specially adapted for specific body parts) appears on 10,045 US grants and 12,302 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 10,045
- Published applications
- 12,302
- Assignees
- 2,626
- Inventors
- 15,076
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 24 | 0 |
| 1977 | 34 | 0 |
| 1978 | 25 | 0 |
| 1979 | 16 | 0 |
| 1980 | 21 | 0 |
| 1981 | 24 | 0 |
| 1982 | 19 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 17 | 0 |
| 1985 | 17 | 0 |
| 1986 | 28 | 0 |
| 1987 | 26 | 0 |
| 1988 | 23 | 0 |
| 1989 | 34 | 0 |
| 1990 | 32 | 0 |
| 1991 | 40 | 0 |
| 1992 | 43 | 0 |
| 1993 | 31 | 0 |
| 1994 | 34 | 0 |
| 1995 | 40 | 0 |
| 1996 | 56 | 0 |
| 1997 | 51 | 0 |
| 1998 | 74 | 0 |
| 1999 | 52 | 0 |
| 2000 | 62 | 0 |
| 2001 | 79 | 32 |
| 2002 | 105 | 112 |
| 2003 | 100 | 145 |
| 2004 | 80 | 231 |
| 2005 | 112 | 256 |
| 2006 | 149 | 261 |
| 2007 | 123 | 312 |
| 2008 | 162 | 437 |
| 2009 | 198 | 423 |
| 2010 | 298 | 465 |
| 2011 | 286 | 449 |
| 2012 | 325 | 549 |
| 2013 | 362 | 523 |
| 2014 | 405 | 618 |
| 2015 | 452 | 656 |
| 2016 | 487 | 741 |
| 2017 | 517 | 657 |
| 2018 | 559 | 675 |
| 2019 | 627 | 678 |
| 2020 | 672 | 699 |
| 2021 | 605 | 663 |
| 2022 | 569 | 652 |
| 2023 | 511 | 569 |
| 2024 | 565 | 607 |
| 2025 | 530 | 526 |
| 2026 | 336 | 366 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 6/504For diagnosis of blood vessels2,622
- A61B 6/502For diagnosis of breast, i.e. mammography2,083
- A61B 6/51For dentistry1,593
- A61B 6/503For diagnosis of the heart1,399
- A61B 6/505For diagnosis of bone1,203
- A61B 6/507For determination of haemodynamic parameters1,078
- A61B 6/501For diagnosis of the head805
- A61B 6/508For non-human patients655
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Recent patents
- Wide angle automatic exposure control in tomosynthesis6 Oct 2026US 12,751,676 B2Hologic, Inc.
- Random sampling for deep learning segmentation of acute ischemic stroke on non-contrast CT6 Oct 2026US 12,751,682 B2The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
- Method for deriving cephalometric parameters for orthodontic diagnosis based on machine learning from three-dimensional (3D) cbct image taken in natural head position6 Oct 2026US 12,751,795 B2Ainsight Inc.
- Optimization of extraoral panoramic images through model-based prior knowledge of the patient's jaw arch form6 Oct 2026US 12,755,463 B2DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
- Methods and systems for identifying a heart condition in a non-human subject using predictive models6 Oct 2026US 12,755,842 B2IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
- System and method for instant and automatic border detection8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305950 A1Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation
- System and method for instant and automatic border detection8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305951 A1Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation
- Methods of determining glucose hypometabolism-induced energy crisis and treatments thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306018 A1Senovia Biosciences LLC
- Systems and methods for extracting vertebral bodies from two-dimensional image data and classifying fracture8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306039 A1University of Washington
- System and method for an automated measurement of ossification of an iliac crest apophyses of the ilium of a pelvic bone for the assessment of risser stages8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306040 A1Siemens Healthineers AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automated surgical system and apparatus2,024US 5,368,015 A1994
- Methods using a robotic catheter system1,763US 7,850,642 B2Hansen Medical, Inc. · 2010
- Robotic catheter system1,662US 7,972,298 B2Hansen Medical, Inc. · 2011
- Catheters for imaging, sensing electrical potentials, and ablating tissue1,241US 5,588,432 ABoston Scientific Corporation · 1996
- Image sensor and an endoscope using the same1,237US 6,659,940 B2C2Cure, Inc. · 2003