A61B 8/4427
Device being portable or laptop-like
Official title: {Device being portable or laptop-like}
A61B8/4427 (Device being portable or laptop-like) appears on 839 US grants and 1,445 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 839
- Published applications
- 1,445
- Assignees
- 343
- Inventors
- 2,115
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Ultrasound remote diagnosis system and method thereof22 Sep 2026US 12,740,765 B2Samsung Medison Co., Ltd.
- Cart for ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and ultrasound diagnostic unit15 Sep 2026US 12,733,906 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Wearable ultrasound8 Sep 2026US 12,727,910 B2Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc.
- Transdermal patch of a portable ultrasound-generating system for improved delivery of therapeutic agents and associated methods of treatment8 Sep 2026US 12,728,102 B2NanoVibronix Inc
- Multi-modality probe system1 Sep 2026US 12,721,581 B2
- 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
- Wireless Pullback Distance Sensor For IVUS Systems1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294389 A1NuevoSono Inc.
- Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and control method of ultrasound diagnostic apparatus24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283600 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
- Automated diagnosis of lung conditions using images from an ultrasound scanner17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272422 A1Exo Imaging, Inc.
- Method and system for screening spaceflight-associated neuro-ocular syndrome and applications of same10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263034 A1Augusta University Research Institute, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Mesh network personal emergency response appliance694US 7,733,224 B22010
- Miniaturized ultrasound apparatus and method299US 6,251,073 B1Novasonics, Inc. · 2001
- User interface for handheld imaging devices267US 7,022,075 B2Zonare Medical Systems, Inc. · 2006
- Ultrasonic array transducer transceiver for a hand held ultrasonic diagnostic instrument216US 5,893,363 ASonoSight, Inc. · 1999
- Ultrasonic signal processor for a hand held ultrasonic diagnostic instrument212US 6,135,961 ASonoSite, Inc. · 2000