A61B 8/4411
Device being modular
Official title: {Device being modular}
A61B8/4411 (Device being modular) appears on 304 US grants and 500 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 304
- Published applications
- 500
- Assignees
- 192
- Inventors
- 932
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 7 | 4 |
| 2004 | 1 | 5 |
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| 2006 | 2 | 3 |
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| 2008 | 0 | 15 |
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| 2010 | 4 | 13 |
| 2011 | 5 | 11 |
| 2012 | 7 | 9 |
| 2013 | 7 | 23 |
| 2014 | 7 | 30 |
| 2015 | 10 | 35 |
| 2016 | 13 | 24 |
| 2017 | 14 | 36 |
| 2018 | 18 | 28 |
| 2019 | 16 | 30 |
| 2020 | 25 | 31 |
| 2021 | 22 | 29 |
| 2022 | 25 | 28 |
| 2023 | 26 | 37 |
| 2024 | 33 | 30 |
| 2025 | 22 | 35 |
| 2026 | 24 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Medical apparatus cart having operating console with rotating handle via wire to adjust the position of the console11 Aug 2026US 12,702,378 B2GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- Modular compact ultrasound imaging system30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215761 A1GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- Ultrasound-equipped catheter stylet system23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207168 A1Soundpass Medical LLC
- Systems and methods for high resolution ultrasound imaging artifact reduction23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207177 A1Ulthera, Inc.
- Identifier for a medical device16 Jul 2026US 2026/0204403 A1Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
- Intelligent medical imaging parameter recommendation tool2 Jul 2026US 2026/0182966 A1GE Precision Healthcare LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for carrying out a medical procedure using a three-dimensional tracking and imaging system862US 5,797,849 ASonometrics Corporation · 1998
- Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and ultrasound probe247US 10,390,794 B2Canon Medical Systems Corporation · 2019
- System and method supporting imaging and monitoring applications187US 7,549,961 B1SonoSite, Inc. · 2009
- Ultrasonic transesophageal probe with detachable transducer tip139US 5,634,466 AAdvanced Technology Laboratories, Inc. · 1997
- Modular transducer system129US 5,617,866 AAcuson Corporation · 1997