A61B 8/54
Control of the diagnostic device
Official title: {Control of the diagnostic device}
A61B8/54 (Control of the diagnostic device) appears on 2,554 US grants and 4,057 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,554
- Published applications
- 4,057
- Assignees
- 778
- Inventors
- 5,313
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 19 | 0 |
| 1999 | 17 | 0 |
| 2000 | 17 | 0 |
| 2001 | 14 | 5 |
| 2002 | 24 | 24 |
| 2003 | 29 | 22 |
| 2004 | 17 | 43 |
| 2005 | 9 | 41 |
| 2006 | 8 | 52 |
| 2007 | 15 | 56 |
| 2008 | 15 | 77 |
| 2009 | 19 | 66 |
| 2010 | 32 | 83 |
| 2011 | 44 | 75 |
| 2012 | 47 | 88 |
| 2013 | 81 | 155 |
| 2014 | 60 | 195 |
| 2015 | 79 | 220 |
| 2016 | 90 | 235 |
| 2017 | 100 | 236 |
| 2018 | 117 | 262 |
| 2019 | 146 | 271 |
| 2020 | 172 | 300 |
| 2021 | 192 | 276 |
| 2022 | 244 | 263 |
| 2023 | 244 | 261 |
| 2024 | 246 | 292 |
| 2025 | 241 | 267 |
| 2026 | 183 | 192 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Ultrasonic therapeutic apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,752,134 B2Sonire Therapeutics Inc.
- Medical imaging apparatus, medical imaging method, medical imaging program, and medical imaging system29 Sep 2026US 12,745,977 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Ultrasound imaging device and method for detecting peristalsis of endometrium29 Sep 2026US 12,745,979 B2Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Ultrasound system and signal processing unit configured for time gain and Laterial gain compensation29 Sep 2026US 12,745,981 B2Samsung Medison Co., Ltd.
- Tissue elasticity measurement method and device29 Sep 2026US 12,745,984 B2Wuxi Hisky Medical Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Automatic steering for ultrasound imaging using artificial intelligence8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306069 A1GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- Guided cardiac ultrasound imaging to minimize apical foreshortening8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306070 A1Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Analog platform for intravascular image acquisition8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306071 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Device use-time estimation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306072 A1Exo Imaging, Inc.
- Cmut drive method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307105 A1Xiver Mems Foundry B.V.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods using a robotic catheter system1,763US 7,850,642 B2Hansen Medical, Inc. · 2010
- Catheters for imaging, sensing electrical potentials, and ablating tissue1,725US 6,004,269 ABoston Scientific Corporation · 1999
- Robotic catheter system1,662US 7,972,298 B2Hansen Medical, Inc. · 2011
- Catheters for imaging, sensing electrical potentials, and ablating tissue1,241US 5,588,432 ABoston Scientific Corporation · 1996
- Apparatus and methods for low-cost intravascular ultrasound imaging and for crossing severe vascular occlusions1,025US 9,474,506 B2Volcano Corporation · 2016