A61B 8/485
Involving measuring strain or elastic properties
Official title: {involving measuring strain or elastic properties}
A61B8/485 (Involving measuring strain or elastic properties) appears on 1,286 US grants and 1,934 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,286
- Published applications
- 1,934
- Assignees
- 523
- Inventors
- 2,670
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2023 | 100 | 97 |
| 2024 | 95 | 88 |
| 2025 | 88 | 78 |
| 2026 | 77 | 62 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Non-invasive blood pressure measurement devices, systems and methods6 Oct 2026US 12,751,687 B2Stryker Corporation
- Assessing heart parameters using neural networks6 Oct 2026US 12,751,692 B2Ultromics Limited
- Tissue elasticity measurement method and device29 Sep 2026US 12,745,984 B2Wuxi Hisky Medical Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Biological tissue elasticity dimensional detection method and detection system, and storage medium29 Sep 2026US 12,745,985 B2Eieling Technology Limited
- Apparatus and method for characterization of a ductile membrane, surface and sub-surface properties29 Sep 2026US 12,745,986 B2OtoNexus Medical Technologies, Inc.
- 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
- Method and system for ultrasonic characterisation of a medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306066 A1Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
- Contrast and b-mode combination for strain analysis in medical ultrasound imaging1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294385 A1Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
- Systems and methods for elastographic and viscoelastographic imaging17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276799 A1Elastance Imaging LLC
- Remediating sonographer musculoskeletal strain10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262964 A1Koninklijke Philips N. V.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Multifaceted ultrasound transducer probe system and methods for its use595US 5,762,066 ATHS International, Inc. · 1998
- Method and apparatus for elasticity imaging333US 5,524,636 AArtann Corporation dba Artann Laboratories · 1996
- Systems and methods for making noninvasive physiological assessments325US 6,875,176 B2Aller Physionix Limited · 2005
- System for examining, mapping, diagnosing, and treating diseases of the prostate276US 6,824,516 B2MedSci Technologies, Inc. · 2004
- Method and apparatus for elasticity imaging using remotely induced shear wave263US 5,810,731 AArtann Laboratories, Inc. · 1998