A61B 8/08
Clinical applications
Official title: Clinical applications (A61B8/02, A61B8/04, A61B8/06 take precedence)
A61B8/08 (Clinical applications) appears on 9,278 US grants and 13,543 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 9,278
- Published applications
- 13,543
- Assignees
- 3,002
- Inventors
- 16,746
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 14 | 0 |
| 1977 | 15 | 0 |
| 1978 | 20 | 0 |
| 1979 | 11 | 0 |
| 1980 | 14 | 0 |
| 1981 | 13 | 0 |
| 1982 | 17 | 0 |
| 1983 | 16 | 0 |
| 1984 | 18 | 0 |
| 1985 | 17 | 0 |
| 1986 | 14 | 0 |
| 1987 | 17 | 0 |
| 1988 | 15 | 0 |
| 1989 | 27 | 0 |
| 1990 | 27 | 0 |
| 1991 | 35 | 0 |
| 1992 | 45 | 0 |
| 1993 | 39 | 0 |
| 1994 | 38 | 0 |
| 1995 | 47 | 0 |
| 1996 | 46 | 0 |
| 1997 | 49 | 0 |
| 1998 | 93 | 0 |
| 1999 | 94 | 0 |
| 2000 | 108 | 0 |
| 2001 | 123 | 28 |
| 2002 | 121 | 130 |
| 2003 | 145 | 154 |
| 2004 | 113 | 212 |
| 2005 | 65 | 234 |
| 2006 | 73 | 230 |
| 2007 | 59 | 297 |
| 2008 | 68 | 353 |
| 2009 | 90 | 341 |
| 2010 | 171 | 452 |
| 2011 | 162 | 439 |
| 2012 | 246 | 517 |
| 2013 | 327 | 586 |
| 2014 | 312 | 695 |
| 2015 | 349 | 662 |
| 2016 | 399 | 735 |
| 2017 | 401 | 724 |
| 2018 | 382 | 620 |
| 2019 | 547 | 788 |
| 2020 | 567 | 795 |
| 2021 | 512 | 864 |
| 2022 | 619 | 726 |
| 2023 | 635 | 791 |
| 2024 | 706 | 816 |
| 2025 | 717 | 752 |
| 2026 | 520 | 602 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 8/0833Involving detecting or locating foreign bodies or organic structures3,660
- A61B 8/0883For diagnosis of the heart1,538
- A61B 8/0891For diagnosis of blood vessels1,454
- A61B 8/0825For diagnosis of the breast808
- A61B 8/0858Involving measuring tissue layers711
- A61B 8/0808For diagnosis of the brain618
- A61B 8/0866Involving foetal diagnosis556
- A61B 8/0875For diagnosis of bone543
Recent patents
- Photoacoustic sensor using micromachined ultrasonic transducers6 Oct 2026US 12,751,631 B2QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Blood pressure detection method and apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,751,634 B2Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Non-invasive blood pressure measurement devices, systems and methods6 Oct 2026US 12,751,687 B2Stryker Corporation
- Ultrasound visualization device6 Oct 2026US 12,751,688 B2The Regents of the University of California
- Ultrasonic needle localization6 Oct 2026US 12,751,689 B2Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc.
- System and method for instant and automatic border detection8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305950 A1Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation
- System and method for instant and automatic border detection8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305951 A1Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation
- Sterile Cover for Medical Devices and Methods Thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305971 A1Bard Access Systems, Inc.
- Methods and systems for cancer risk assessment using tissue sound speed and stiffness8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306049 A1Aperia Medical, LLC
- System for catheter-guided visualization and rendering8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306050 A1GE Precision Healthcare LLC
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
- Sterile puncturing device for blood vessels with a non-sterile ultrasound probe, and apparatus for preparing the device1,457US 5,341,810 ASulzer Medizinaltechnik AG · 1994
- Medical positioning system1,446US 6,233,476 B1MediGuide Ltd. · 2001
- System for determining the location and orientation of an invasive medical instrument1,444US 6,690,963 B2Biosense, Inc. · 2004