A61B 8/5238
For combining image data of patient
Official title: {for combining image data of patient, e.g. merging several images from different acquisition modes into one image}
A61B8/5238 (For combining image data of patient) appears on 1,889 US grants and 2,928 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,889
- Published applications
- 2,928
- Assignees
- 674
- Inventors
- 4,036
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 136 | 117 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Non-invasive blood pressure measurement devices, systems and methods6 Oct 2026US 12,751,687 B2Stryker Corporation
- Ultrasound imaging device including dual mode probe6 Oct 2026US 12,751,696 B2Edgecare Inc.
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- Methods and systems for identifying a heart condition in a non-human subject using predictive models6 Oct 2026US 12,755,842 B2IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
- Ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus, image processing apparatus, and image processing method for tissue displacement caused by a shearwave generated by acoustic radiation force29 Sep 2026US 12,745,988 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Drive unit, diagnostic imaging apparatus, and operation method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306058 A1Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Contrast and b-mode combination for strain analysis in medical ultrasound imaging1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294385 A1Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
- Fusion of extraluminal and intraluminal images using anatomical feature in intraluminal image and associated systems, devices, and methods24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283579 A1Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Multi-image information fusion method for tissue cutting path planning, system, medium, and electronic device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283697 A1Healinno (Beijing) Medical Technology Co., Ltd.
- Recognition Based Medical Imaging System: Methods and Systems for Enhanced Medical Image Acquisition and Reconstruction Using Recognition Physics24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287698 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Medical positioning system1,446US 6,233,476 B1MediGuide Ltd. · 2001
- Devices and methods for presenting and regulating auxiliary information on an image display of a telesurgical system to assist an operator in performing a surgical procedure838US 6,522,906 B1Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 2003
- Surgical navigation systems including reference and localization frames831US 6,236,875 B1St. Louis University · 2001
- Surgical navigation systems including reference and localization frames695US 6,490,467 B1Surgical Navigation Technologies, Inc. · 2002
- System for indicating the position of a surgical probe within a head on an image of the head678US 5,383,454 ASt. Louis University · 1995