A61B 6/54
Control of apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis
Official title: {Control of apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis}
A61B6/54 (Control of apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis) appears on 5,765 US grants and 7,023 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 5,765
- Published applications
- 7,023
- Assignees
- 1,042
- Inventors
- 8,336
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 10 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 13 | 0 |
| 1991 | 11 | 0 |
| 1992 | 15 | 0 |
| 1993 | 9 | 0 |
| 1994 | 10 | 0 |
| 1995 | 14 | 0 |
| 1996 | 21 | 0 |
| 1997 | 14 | 0 |
| 1998 | 31 | 0 |
| 1999 | 18 | 0 |
| 2000 | 27 | 0 |
| 2001 | 52 | 21 |
| 2002 | 54 | 63 |
| 2003 | 56 | 91 |
| 2004 | 57 | 130 |
| 2005 | 79 | 203 |
| 2006 | 96 | 146 |
| 2007 | 90 | 157 |
| 2008 | 86 | 221 |
| 2009 | 136 | 191 |
| 2010 | 164 | 217 |
| 2011 | 138 | 212 |
| 2012 | 162 | 292 |
| 2013 | 165 | 313 |
| 2014 | 234 | 330 |
| 2015 | 263 | 404 |
| 2016 | 276 | 380 |
| 2017 | 296 | 395 |
| 2018 | 338 | 394 |
| 2019 | 392 | 378 |
| 2020 | 429 | 456 |
| 2021 | 398 | 418 |
| 2022 | 349 | 388 |
| 2023 | 302 | 325 |
| 2024 | 354 | 368 |
| 2025 | 334 | 329 |
| 2026 | 203 | 201 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 6/542Involving control of exposure1,821
- A61B 6/547Involving tracking of position of the device or parts of the device1,293
- A61B 6/541Involving acquisition triggered by a physiological signal1,124
- A61B 6/545Involving automatic set-up of acquisition parameters957
- A61B 6/548Remote control of the apparatus or devices839
Recent patents
- Wide angle automatic exposure control in tomosynthesis6 Oct 2026US 12,751,676 B2Hologic, Inc.
- Systems and methods for image acquisition6 Oct 2026US 12,751,683 B2Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co., Ltd.
- Providing adjusted recording parameters6 Oct 2026US 12,751,684 B2Siemens Healthineers AG
- Radiographic imaging support system, radiographic imaging support method, and recording medium6 Oct 2026US 12,751,685 B2Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Dynamic four-dimensional contrast enhanced tomosynthesis29 Sep 2026US 12,745,967 B2Real Time Tomography, LLC
- Systems and methods for a calibration phantom holder8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306044 A1GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- Collateral vessel selection in retrograde chronic total occlusion treatment procedures8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306179 A1Koninklijke Philips 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
- Mobile radiographic apparatus, notification method, and program1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294368 A1Konica Minolta, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Method and apparatus for surgical navigation791US 7,366,562 B2Medtronic Navigation, Inc. · 2008
- Systems and methods for guilding diagnostic or therapeutic devices in interior tissue regions776US 5,740,808 AEP Technologies, Inc. · 1998
- Systems and methods for visualizing interior tissue regions using expandable imaging structures720US 5,848,969 AEP Technologies, Inc. · 1998