A61B 8/0825
For diagnosis of the breast
Official title: {for diagnosis of the breast, e.g. mammography}
A61B8/0825 (For diagnosis of the breast) appears on 808 US grants and 1,121 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 808
- Published applications
- 1,121
- Assignees
- 336
- Inventors
- 1,630
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 10 | 1 |
| 2002 | 13 | 10 |
| 2003 | 12 | 19 |
| 2004 | 13 | 31 |
| 2005 | 10 | 23 |
| 2006 | 8 | 25 |
| 2007 | 5 | 17 |
| 2008 | 6 | 32 |
| 2009 | 10 | 24 |
| 2010 | 22 | 44 |
| 2011 | 14 | 39 |
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| 2013 | 27 | 60 |
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| 2015 | 30 | 75 |
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| 2017 | 29 | 73 |
| 2018 | 38 | 72 |
| 2019 | 56 | 54 |
| 2020 | 59 | 65 |
| 2021 | 39 | 71 |
| 2022 | 53 | 45 |
| 2023 | 44 | 60 |
| 2024 | 46 | 42 |
| 2025 | 49 | 54 |
| 2026 | 35 | 27 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Medical imaging apparatus, medical imaging method, medical imaging program, and medical imaging system29 Sep 2026US 12,745,977 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Wearable 3D ultrasound-based whole breast imaging system29 Sep 2026US 12,745,980 B2
- Imaging table, ultrasonography apparatus, mammography apparatus, and control program8 Sep 2026US 12,727,854 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Multi-modality probe system1 Sep 2026US 12,721,581 B2
- Integrated microwave-ultrasound breast imaging system1 Sep 2026US 12,721,595 B2University of Manitoba
- Methods and systems for cancer risk assessment using tissue sound speed and stiffness8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306049 A1Aperia Medical, LLC
- Detecting objects by vibration-elicited shimmering with a vibration-dedicated ultrasound application24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283588 A1Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Method For Quantifying Breast Density Or Glandular Tissue Components Using Ultrasound Image17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272402 A1Beamworks Inc.
- Breast ultrasound imaging method and system, and non-transitory computer-readable medium3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256447 A1GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- Systems and methods for identifying regions of interest in multiple imaging modalities13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232288 A1Hologic, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method of ultrasonic mammography442US 6,482,158 B2Healthetech, Inc. · 2002
- Method and apparatus for elasticity imaging333US 5,524,636 AArtann Corporation dba Artann Laboratories · 1996
- Combined ultrasound and near infrared diffused light imaging system285US 6,264,610 B1University of Connecticut · 2001
- Measuring arrangement for tissue-optical examination of a subject with visible, NIR or IR light283US 5,293,873 ASiemens Aktiengesellschaft · 1994
- User interface system for mammographic imager242US 6,459,925 B1Fischer Imaging Corporation · 2002