A61B 8/4263
Using sensors not mounted on the probe
Official title: {using sensors not mounted on the probe, e.g. mounted on an external reference frame}
A61B8/4263 (Using sensors not mounted on the probe) appears on 318 US grants and 555 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method for virtually tracking a surgical tool on a movable display386US 9,918,681 B2Auris Surgical Robotics, Inc. · 2018
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- Method and apparatus for target position verification239US 6,325,758 B1Nomos Corporation · 2001
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