A61B 7/003
Detecting lung or respiration noise
Official title: {Detecting lung or respiration noise}
A61B7/003 (Detecting lung or respiration noise) appears on 927 US grants and 1,449 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- 664
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- 2,651
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- 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
- Systems and Methods for Automated Detection of Breath Sounds24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283501 A1The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
Most cited
By later US patents
- Phonospirometry for non-invasive monitoring of respiration1,083US 6,241,683 B1Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM) · 2001
- System for determining confidence in respiratory rate measurements930US 8,430,817 B1Masimo Corporation · 2013
- Bidirectional physiological information display830US 8,523,781 B2Masimo Corporation · 2013
- Method for monitoring patient using acoustic sensor823US 6,527,729 B1Pacesetter, Inc. · 2003
- Acoustic respiratory monitoring sensor having multiple sensing elements806US 8,690,799 B2Masimo Corporation · 2014