A61B 8/546
Involving monitoring or regulation of device temperature
Official title: {involving monitoring or regulation of device temperature}
A61B8/546 (Involving monitoring or regulation of device temperature) appears on 340 US grants and 474 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 340
- Published applications
- 474
- Assignees
- 160
- Inventors
- 813
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 15 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and operation method of ultrasound diagnostic apparatus29 Sep 2026US 12,745,990 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Methods and systems for a modified backing11 Aug 2026US 12,707,895 B2GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- Ultrasound probe with monolithic thermoplastic body28 Jul 2026US 12,690,842 B2Profound Medical Inc.
- Ultrasound probe with heat transfer structure30 Jun 2026US 12,667,335 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- System, method and apparatus for magnetic tracking of ultrasound probe and generation of 3D visualization thereof9 Jun 2026US 12,648,820 B2Bard Access Systems, Inc.
- Device use-time estimation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306072 A1Exo Imaging, Inc.
- Artificial intelligence-controlled ultrasound setup for power and image quality optimization10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263049 A1GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- Catheter interface device, method, and storage medium18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165686 A1Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Ultrasound probe metal enclosure thermal isolation4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151108 A1GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- Ultrasonic Endocavitary Imaging System and Method7 May 2026US 2026/0123912 A1VisOvum Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Multi-modality ablation device531US 7,074,218 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2006
- Active thermal control of ultrasound transducers514US 5,560,362 AAcuson Corporation · 1996
- Ultrasonic wave applying apparatus506US 6,183,426 B2Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. · 2001
- Controlled high efficiency lesion formation using high intensity ultrasound502US 6,626,855 B1Therus Corporation · 2003
- Ultrasound applicator for heating an ultrasound absorbent medium457US 6,379,320 B1Institut National de la Santa et de la Recherche Medicale (Inserm) · 2002