A61B 8/42
Details of probe positioning or probe attachment to the patient
Official title: {Details of probe positioning or probe attachment to the patient}
A61B8/42 (Details of probe positioning or probe attachment to the patient) appears on 4,009 US grants and 6,029 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 4,009
- Published applications
- 6,029
- Assignees
- 1,559
- Inventors
- 8,708
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 12 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 12 | 0 |
| 1981 | 10 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983 | 10 | 0 |
| 1984 | 16 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 40 | 0 |
| 2001 | 39 | 11 |
| 2002 | 51 | 48 |
| 2003 | 60 | 61 |
| 2004 | 39 | 82 |
| 2005 | 30 | 103 |
| 2006 | 34 | 97 |
| 2007 | 23 | 126 |
| 2008 | 25 | 154 |
| 2009 | 50 | 136 |
| 2010 | 83 | 166 |
| 2011 | 82 | 188 |
| 2012 | 105 | 234 |
| 2013 | 120 | 252 |
| 2014 | 145 | 286 |
| 2015 | 151 | 306 |
| 2016 | 151 | 259 |
| 2017 | 161 | 339 |
| 2018 | 139 | 311 |
| 2019 | 196 | 364 |
| 2020 | 238 | 371 |
| 2021 | 214 | 373 |
| 2022 | 274 | 362 |
| 2023 | 303 | 377 |
| 2024 | 322 | 423 |
| 2025 | 309 | 333 |
| 2026 | 252 | 267 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Ultrasonic attachment assembly for an endoscope6 Oct 2026US 12,751,601 B2EndoSound, Inc.
- Ultrasonic needle localization6 Oct 2026US 12,751,689 B2Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc.
- AI-based ultrasound navigation system for navigating to target positions defined by text or images6 Oct 2026US 12,751,695 B2Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
- Information processing apparatus, ultrasound endoscope, information processing method, and program6 Oct 2026US 12,751,770 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Apparatus for controlling ultrasonic irradiation, method for controlling thereof6 Oct 2026US 12,754,312 B2Godius Co., Ltd.
- Sterile Cover for Medical Devices and Methods Thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305971 A1Bard Access Systems, Inc.
- Method and System for Estimating Ultrasound Probe Pose in Laparoscopic Ultrasound Procedures8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306051 A1Edda Technology, Inc.
- Systems and methods for evaluating pulmonary disease using acoustic airway measurements from a smartphone8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306054 A1University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
- Physiology sensing intraluminal device with index for spectral flow assessment, and associated devices, systems, and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306055 A1Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation
- Gel sheet, ultrasonic inspection system, and method for manufacturing gel sheet8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306056 A1Salmontech Inc.
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
- Spiral scanner with electronic control1,545US 6,626,834 B22003
- Sterile cover for instrument1,519US 4,408,692 AThe Kendall Company · 1983
- 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