A61B 8/4483
Characterised by features of the ultrasound transducer
Official title: {characterised by features of the ultrasound transducer}
A61B8/4483 (Characterised by features of the ultrasound transducer) appears on 3,462 US grants and 5,049 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 5,049
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- 1,025
- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
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.
- Transducer module architecture for enhancing sensitivity of an ultrasound system6 Oct 2026US 12,754,300 B2Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc.
- In vivo fluid flow sensor29 Sep 2026US 12,745,975 B2Canary Medical Switzerland AG
- Tissue elasticity measurement method and device29 Sep 2026US 12,745,984 B2Wuxi Hisky Medical Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Ultrasound with Simultaneous Transducer Arrays8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306062 A1Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc.
- Ultrasound contrast imaging method, apparatus, system and device, and storage medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306063 A1Sonoscape Medical Corp.
- Operator-independent ultrasound imaging8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306065 A1The Johns Hopkins University
- Method and system for ultrasonic characterisation of a medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306066 A1Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
- Guided cardiac ultrasound imaging to minimize apical foreshortening8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306070 A1Koninklijke Philips N. V.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ultrasonic probe having articulated structure and rotatable transducer head1,646US 5,413,107 ATetrad Corporation · 1995
- Multiple sensors with one sensor affecting a second sensor's output or interpretation1,559US 9,757,128 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2017
- Intravascular imaging apparatus and methods for use and manufacture1,555US 5,445,155 ASciMed Life Systems, Inc. · 1995
- Multiple motor control for powered medical device1,555US 9,788,836 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2017
- Adjunct with integrated sensors to quantify tissue compression1,540US 9,724,094 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2017