A61B 8/145
Characterised by scanning multiple planes
Official title: {characterised by scanning multiple planes}
A61B8/145 (Characterised by scanning multiple planes) appears on 510 US grants and 705 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 510
- Published applications
- 705
- Assignees
- 202
- Inventors
- 1,145
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 35 | 26 |
| 2025 | 33 | 21 |
| 2026 | 20 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,751,694 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- 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.
- Apparatus and method for reconstruction of anatomical structure using transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) imaging22 Sep 2026US 12,740,760 B1Anumana, Inc.
- Multi-patch array, ultrasound system, and method for obtaining an extended field of view22 Sep 2026US 12,740,762 B2Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Spread spectrum coded waveforms in ultrasound diagnostics10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263048 A1Decision Sciences International Corporation
- Methods and systems for generating 3d pleural surfaces16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198897 A1GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- Ultrasound elastography method and system11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157730 A1Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Concave ultrasound transducers and 3d arrays7 May 2026US 2026/0123915 A1Maui Imaging, Inc.
- Determining material stiffness using multiple aperture ultrasound7 May 2026US 2026/0123917 A1Maui Imaging, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Multiple ultrasound image registration system, method and transducer410US 6,014,473 AAcuson Corporation · 2000
- Ultrasonic transducer assembly and method for three-dimensional imaging301US 5,503,152 ATetrad Corporation · 1996
- Ultrasonic vascular imaging system and method of blood vessel cannulation252US 6,755,789 B2Inceptio Medical Technologies, LLC · 2004
- System and method for assessing body-tissue properties using a medical ultrasound transducer probe with a body-tissue parameter measurement mechanism246US 6,511,427 B1Acuson Corporation · 2003
- Integrated ultrasonic diagnosis device utilizing intra-blood-vessel probe225US 5,125,410 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1992