A61B 8/4477
Using several separate ultrasound transducers or probes
Official title: {using several separate ultrasound transducers or probes}
A61B8/4477 (Using several separate ultrasound transducers or probes) appears on 651 US grants and 1,127 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 1,127
- Assignees
- 380
- Inventors
- 1,862
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Photoacoustic sensor using micromachined ultrasonic transducers6 Oct 2026US 12,751,631 B2QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Ultrasound imaging device including dual mode probe6 Oct 2026US 12,751,696 B2Edgecare Inc.
- In vivo fluid flow sensor29 Sep 2026US 12,745,975 B2Canary Medical Switzerland AG
- Medical imaging method, medical imaging system, and non-transitory computer-readable medium29 Sep 2026US 12,745,989 B2GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- Multi-patch array, ultrasound system, and method for obtaining an extended field of view22 Sep 2026US 12,740,762 B2Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Method and apparatus for detecting microembolic signals among doppler ultrasound signals using artificial intelligence24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283589 A1Shmd.Ltd
- Method and system for screening spaceflight-associated neuro-ocular syndrome and applications of same10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263034 A1Augusta University Research Institute, Inc.
- Cardiac Output Measuring Device and A Method of Measuring Cardiac Output27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248484 A1Aequenimitas Enterprises, LLC
- Non-invasive detection of fracture and/or fatigue of a bone13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232260 A1The Johns Hopkins University
- Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing program13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232294 A1Nihon Kohden Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Expandable catheter assembly with flexible printed circuit board (PCB) electrical pathways307US 10,201,311 B2Acutus Medical, Inc. · 2019
- Method for determining a position of an object utilizing and ultrasonic imaging device279US 8,109,877 B2Stryker Leibinger GmbH & Co. KG · 2012
- Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and ultrasound probe247US 10,390,794 B2Canon Medical Systems Corporation · 2019
- Ultrasound diagnostic instrument having software in detachable scanhead184US 6,364,839 B1SonoSite, Inc. · 2002
- System and method for ultrasonic tomography175US 6,475,150 B2The Regents of the University of California · 2002