A61B 8/14
Echotomography
A61B8/14 (Echotomography) appears on 2,118 US grants and 2,978 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,118
- Published applications
- 2,978
- Assignees
- 585
- Inventors
- 3,805
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 14 | 0 |
| 1999 | 20 | 0 |
| 2000 | 29 | 0 |
| 2001 | 21 | 3 |
| 2002 | 27 | 12 |
| 2003 | 26 | 34 |
| 2004 | 19 | 25 |
| 2005 | 12 | 59 |
| 2006 | 9 | 53 |
| 2007 | 8 | 63 |
| 2008 | 8 | 46 |
| 2009 | 18 | 87 |
| 2010 | 39 | 96 |
| 2011 | 34 | 60 |
| 2012 | 51 | 93 |
| 2013 | 53 | 155 |
| 2014 | 78 | 169 |
| 2015 | 74 | 260 |
| 2016 | 107 | 216 |
| 2017 | 100 | 217 |
| 2018 | 111 | 213 |
| 2019 | 136 | 232 |
| 2020 | 175 | 186 |
| 2021 | 184 | 193 |
| 2022 | 183 | 125 |
| 2023 | 177 | 121 |
| 2024 | 138 | 110 |
| 2025 | 121 | 90 |
| 2026 | 72 | 60 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,751,694 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Ultrasound imaging device and method for detecting peristalsis of endometrium29 Sep 2026US 12,745,979 B2Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Ultrasound system and signal processing unit configured for time gain and Laterial gain compensation29 Sep 2026US 12,745,981 B2Samsung Medison Co., Ltd.
- Ultrasound 3D imaging system22 Sep 2026US 12,740,758 B2TeraTech Corporation
- Multiple aperture ultrasound imaging systems and methods22 Sep 2026US 12,740,759 B2Maui Imaging, Inc.
- Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and data processing method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306064 A1Canon Medical Systems Corporation
- Endoscope24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283448 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
- Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and control method of ultrasound diagnostic apparatus10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263030 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
- Spread spectrum coded waveforms in ultrasound diagnostics10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263048 A1Decision Sciences International Corporation
- Systems, methods, and devices for medical image analysis, diagnosis, risk stratification, decision making and/or disease tracking13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232285 A1Cleerly, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for medical procedures using high-intensity focused ultrasound577US 6,007,499 AUniversity of Washington · 1999
- Multiple ultrasound image registration system, method and transducer410US 6,014,473 AAcuson Corporation · 2000
- Method for determining the position of an organ353US 5,447,154 AUniversite Joseph Fourier · 1995
- Apparatus and method for visualizing ultrasonic images348US 5,810,008 AISG Technologies Inc. · 1998
- Apparatus and method for visualizing ultrasonic images312US 5,957,844 ASurgical Navigation Specialist Inc. · 1999