A61B 7/00
Instruments for auscultation
A61B7/00 (Instruments for auscultation) appears on 3,194 US grants and 4,370 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 3,194
- Published applications
- 4,370
- Assignees
- 1,507
- Inventors
- 6,504
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 12 | 0 |
| 1977 | 12 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 8 | 0 |
| 1980 | 11 | 0 |
| 1981 | 13 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983 | 10 | 0 |
| 1984 | 21 | 0 |
| 1985 | 13 | 0 |
| 1986 | 17 | 0 |
| 1987 | 14 | 0 |
| 1988 | 19 | 0 |
| 1989 | 18 | 0 |
| 1990 | 17 | 0 |
| 1991 | 27 | 0 |
| 1992 | 18 | 0 |
| 1993 | 15 | 0 |
| 1994 | 19 | 0 |
| 1995 | 26 | 0 |
| 1996 | 27 | 0 |
| 1997 | 28 | 0 |
| 1998 | 34 | 0 |
| 1999 | 45 | 0 |
| 2000 | 38 | 0 |
| 2001 | 44 | 20 |
| 2002 | 56 | 57 |
| 2003 | 50 | 73 |
| 2004 | 40 | 83 |
| 2005 | 32 | 87 |
| 2006 | 50 | 85 |
| 2007 | 33 | 89 |
| 2008 | 35 | 120 |
| 2009 | 46 | 111 |
| 2010 | 50 | 110 |
| 2011 | 72 | 149 |
| 2012 | 78 | 133 |
| 2013 | 107 | 169 |
| 2014 | 131 | 278 |
| 2015 | 128 | 192 |
| 2016 | 124 | 276 |
| 2017 | 147 | 269 |
| 2018 | 165 | 245 |
| 2019 | 187 | 276 |
| 2020 | 194 | 257 |
| 2021 | 172 | 245 |
| 2022 | 204 | 238 |
| 2023 | 151 | 257 |
| 2024 | 150 | 209 |
| 2025 | 151 | 199 |
| 2026 | 120 | 143 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method for evaluating possibility of dysphagia by analyzing acoustic signals, and server and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium performing same6 Oct 2026US 12,751,662 B2Dain Technology, Inc.
- Snoring and environment sounds detection6 Oct 2026US 12,751,664 B2Oura Health Oy
- Sleep monitoring device6 Oct 2026US 12,751,855 B2
- Medical decision support system29 Sep 2026US 12,745,974 B2Ausculsciences, Inc.
- Digital auscultation device22 Sep 2026US 12,740,755 B2
- Soft wearable patch for continuous cardiac biometric security8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305984 A1Georgia Tech Research Corporation
- Monitoring sleeping disorders and system thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306014 A1Universitat Politecnica De Catalunya (Upc)
- Device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306046 A1Cambridge Enterprise Limited
- Chestpiece, method and auscultation system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306047 A1Lapsi Health Holding B.V.
- Physiological monitor with mobile computing device connectivity1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294244 A1Masimo Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Physiological monitor and associated computation, display and communication unit1,769US 6,790,178 B1Healthetech, Inc. · 2004
- Integrated calorie management system1,330US 6,478,736 B1Healthetech, Inc. · 2002
- Apparatus for detecting human physiological and contextual information1,245US 7,020,508 B2BodyMedia, Inc. · 2006
- Diet and activity-monitoring device1,145US 6,513,532 B2Healthetech, Inc. · 2003
- Piezoelectric biological sound monitor with printed circuit board1,136US 6,661,161 B1Andromed, Inc. · 2003