A61B 8/0833
Involving detecting or locating foreign bodies or organic structures
Official title: {involving detecting or locating foreign bodies or organic structures}
A61B8/0833 (Involving detecting or locating foreign bodies or organic structures) appears on 3,660 US grants and 5,563 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 3,660
- Published applications
- 5,563
- Assignees
- 1,450
- Inventors
- 7,865
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 42 | 11 |
| 2002 | 34 | 49 |
| 2003 | 44 | 56 |
| 2004 | 42 | 63 |
| 2005 | 26 | 60 |
| 2006 | 20 | 61 |
| 2007 | 20 | 96 |
| 2008 | 25 | 100 |
| 2009 | 27 | 89 |
| 2010 | 41 | 124 |
| 2011 | 48 | 138 |
| 2012 | 69 | 177 |
| 2013 | 109 | 236 |
| 2014 | 98 | 263 |
| 2015 | 109 | 304 |
| 2016 | 152 | 337 |
| 2017 | 157 | 315 |
| 2018 | 168 | 280 |
| 2019 | 235 | 355 |
| 2020 | 256 | 367 |
| 2021 | 217 | 417 |
| 2022 | 289 | 340 |
| 2023 | 296 | 356 |
| 2024 | 309 | 376 |
| 2025 | 350 | 334 |
| 2026 | 246 | 259 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- 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.
- Ultrasound imaging6 Oct 2026US 12,751,690 B2Bruin Biometrics, LLC
- Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and method of controlling ultrasound diagnostic apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,751,697 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Ultrasonic therapeutic apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,752,134 B2Sonire Therapeutics Inc.
- Sterile Cover for Medical Devices and Methods Thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305971 A1Bard Access Systems, Inc.
- System for catheter-guided visualization and rendering8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306050 A1GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- Method and System for Estimating Ultrasound Probe Pose in Laparoscopic Ultrasound Procedures8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306051 A1Edda Technology, Inc.
- Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, operation method of ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, and operation program of ultrasound diagnostic apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306052 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
- Ultrasound with Simultaneous Transducer Arrays8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306062 A1Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Medical procedures and apparatus using intrabody probes1,425US 6,332,089 B1Biosense, Inc. · 2001
- Apparatus and methods for low-cost intravascular ultrasound imaging and for crossing severe vascular occlusions1,025US 9,474,506 B2Volcano Corporation · 2016