A61B 8/48
Diagnostic techniques
Official title: {Diagnostic techniques (A61B8/13 takes precedence)}
A61B8/48 (Diagnostic techniques) appears on 5,733 US grants and 8,411 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 5,733
- Published applications
- 8,411
- Assignees
- 1,726
- Inventors
- 9,830
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 15 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 24 | 0 |
| 1997 | 25 | 0 |
| 1998 | 55 | 0 |
| 1999 | 55 | 0 |
| 2000 | 65 | 0 |
| 2001 | 68 | 24 |
| 2002 | 92 | 75 |
| 2003 | 101 | 99 |
| 2004 | 69 | 134 |
| 2005 | 51 | 161 |
| 2006 | 40 | 154 |
| 2007 | 38 | 216 |
| 2008 | 39 | 230 |
| 2009 | 69 | 267 |
| 2010 | 127 | 300 |
| 2011 | 118 | 252 |
| 2012 | 177 | 378 |
| 2013 | 220 | 404 |
| 2014 | 222 | 483 |
| 2015 | 272 | 424 |
| 2016 | 274 | 447 |
| 2017 | 266 | 453 |
| 2018 | 232 | 403 |
| 2019 | 341 | 485 |
| 2020 | 344 | 478 |
| 2021 | 335 | 494 |
| 2022 | 409 | 424 |
| 2023 | 384 | 451 |
| 2024 | 417 | 430 |
| 2025 | 384 | 415 |
| 2026 | 320 | 330 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method and apparatus for measuring intravascular blood flow using a backscattering contrast6 Oct 2026US 12,751,639 B2The General Hospital Corporation
- Non-invasive blood pressure measurement devices, systems and methods6 Oct 2026US 12,751,687 B2Stryker Corporation
- Image classification-dependent user interface in ultrasound imaging6 Oct 2026US 12,751,691 B2Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
- Assessing heart parameters using neural networks6 Oct 2026US 12,751,692 B2Ultromics Limited
- Ultrasound imaging device including dual mode probe6 Oct 2026US 12,751,696 B2Edgecare Inc.
- System and method for instant and automatic border detection8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305950 A1Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation
- System and method for instant and automatic border detection8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305951 A1Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation
- Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and control method for ultrasound diagnostic apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306048 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
- Method and system for noninvasive mapping of arrhythmia using electromechanical wave imaging8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306053 A1The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
- Physiology sensing intraluminal device with index for spectral flow assessment, and associated devices, systems, and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306055 A1Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Spiral scanner with electronic control1,545US 6,626,834 B22003
- Medical positioning system1,446US 6,233,476 B1MediGuide Ltd. · 2001
- Robotic instrument systems and methods utilizing optical fiber sensor1,319US 9,186,046 B2Koninklijke Philips Electronics N. V. · 2015
- Exciter-detector unit for measuring physiological parameters1,054US 5,904,654 AVital Insite, Inc. · 1999
- Motion insensitive pulse detector968US 5,791,347 AVital Insite, Inc. · 1998