A61B 8/06
Measuring blood flow
A61B8/06 (Measuring blood flow) appears on 3,027 US grants and 3,689 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 3,027
- Published applications
- 3,689
- Assignees
- 1,049
- Inventors
- 5,191
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2004 | 58 | 73 |
| 2005 | 32 | 101 |
| 2006 | 24 | 91 |
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| 2019 | 125 | 205 |
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| 2022 | 152 | 168 |
| 2023 | 157 | 194 |
| 2024 | 191 | 161 |
| 2025 | 150 | 195 |
| 2026 | 121 | 143 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method and apparatus for measuring intravascular blood flow using a backscattering contrast6 Oct 2026US 12,751,639 B2The General Hospital Corporation
- Non-invasive blood pressure measurement devices, systems and methods6 Oct 2026US 12,751,687 B2Stryker Corporation
- Ultrasound imaging device including dual mode probe6 Oct 2026US 12,751,696 B2Edgecare Inc.
- Information processing apparatus, ultrasound endoscope, information processing method, and program6 Oct 2026US 12,751,770 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- In vivo fluid flow sensor29 Sep 2026US 12,745,975 B2Canary Medical Switzerland AG
- Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and control method for ultrasound diagnostic apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306048 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
- Physiology sensing intraluminal device with index for spectral flow assessment, and associated devices, systems, and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306055 A1Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation
- System and Method for Determining Cross-Section Area of the Inferior Vena Cava From Ultrasound Imaging8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306067 A1Foundry Innovation & Research 1, Ltd.
- System and method for fixation of implantable sensors8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306140 A1The Johns Hopkins University
- Steering system for ultrasound catheters1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294387 A1GE Precision Healthcare LLC
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- Catheters for imaging, sensing electrical potentials, and ablating tissue1,725US 6,004,269 ABoston Scientific Corporation · 1999
- Personal computer card for collection of real-time biological data1,114US 6,159,147 AQRS Diagnostics, LLC · 2000
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- Opticoustic sensor740US 9,326,712 B1Masimo Corporation · 2016