A61B 7/005
Detecting noise caused by implants
Official title: {Detecting noise caused by implants, e.g. cardiac valves}
A61B7/005 (Detecting noise caused by implants) appears on 41 US grants and 63 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 41
- Published applications
- 63
- Assignees
- 31
- Inventors
- 140
- Latest grant
- 5 May 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Medical implants with circuits treating periprosthetic joint infection and other sensing5 May 2026US 12,616,418 B2Globus Medical, Inc.
- Medical implants with circuits treating periprosthetic joint infection and other sensing28 Apr 2026US 12,611,140 B2Globus Medical, Inc.
- Quantitative assessment of prosthesis press-fit fixation14 Jan 2025US 12,193,951 B2Kambiz Behzadi
- Biological sound measurement device, control method for biological sound measurement device, and non-transitory recording medium storing control program for biological sound measurement device12 Nov 2024US 12,138,105 B2Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd.
- Sensor-based phrenic nerve stimulation detection20 Aug 2024US 12,064,637 B2Medtronic, Inc.
- Systems and methods for assessing patient conditions based on cardiovascular sounds30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215753 A1Medtronic, Inc.
- Ambient noise detection to reduce heart disease events25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174396 A1Medtronic, Inc.
- Medical implants with circuits treating periprosthetic joint infection and other sensing12 Mar 2026US 2026/0069208 A1Globus Medical, Inc.
- Methods and systems for using seismocardiography-based algorithm for monitoring heart valve operation26 Feb 2026US 2026/0053460 A1Pacesetter, Inc.
- Implantable medical device for cardiac monitoring using sound29 Jan 2026US 2026/0026751 A1Medtronic, Inc.
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