A61B 90/90
Identification means for patients or instruments
Official title: Identification means for patients or instruments, e.g. tags
A61B90/90 (Identification means for patients or instruments) appears on 4,747 US grants and 6,571 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 4,747
- Published applications
- 6,571
- Assignees
- 1,569
- Inventors
- 7,996
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 8 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 8 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 10 | 0 |
| 1995 | 19 | 0 |
| 1996 | 19 | 0 |
| 1997 | 25 | 0 |
| 1998 | 23 | 0 |
| 1999 | 18 | 0 |
| 2000 | 19 | 0 |
| 2001 | 22 | 11 |
| 2002 | 22 | 38 |
| 2003 | 17 | 52 |
| 2004 | 29 | 68 |
| 2005 | 15 | 71 |
| 2006 | 33 | 114 |
| 2007 | 33 | 127 |
| 2008 | 29 | 174 |
| 2009 | 44 | 124 |
| 2010 | 65 | 147 |
| 2011 | 83 | 176 |
| 2012 | 103 | 165 |
| 2013 | 127 | 166 |
| 2014 | 153 | 240 |
| 2015 | 171 | 303 |
| 2016 | 198 | 310 |
| 2017 | 230 | 341 |
| 2018 | 210 | 358 |
| 2019 | 299 | 484 |
| 2020 | 323 | 510 |
| 2021 | 360 | 503 |
| 2022 | 387 | 543 |
| 2023 | 432 | 481 |
| 2024 | 454 | 434 |
| 2025 | 470 | 401 |
| 2026 | 232 | 230 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Catheter tray, packaging system, and associated methods6 Oct 2026US 12,752,076 B2Medline Industries, Inc.
- Systems and methods for identifying and tracking physical objects during a robotic surgical procedure22 Sep 2026US 12,740,834 B2MAKO Surgical Corp.
- Sterile interface module for robotic surgical assemblies22 Sep 2026US 12,740,839 B2Covidien LP
- Feedback algorithms for manual bailout systems for surgical instruments15 Sep 2026US 12,733,931 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Systems and methods for retrieving part service history during servicing of a medical device15 Sep 2026US 12,738,371 B2Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Passive identification for limited-use surgical devices and limited-use disposable attachments8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306213 A1Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
- A programmable, battery-less, autonomous and biodegradable smart dust particle1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294293 A1Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited
- Medical imaging system and method for operating a medical imaging system24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283470 A1KARL STORZ GmbH&Co.KG
- Monitoring device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283511 A1Murata Vios, Inc.
- Systems And Methods For Identifying And Tracking Physical Objects During A Robotic Surgical Procedure24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283713 A1MAKO Surgical Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Identification device for surgical instrument3,012US 5,529,235 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1996
- Surgical robotic tools, data architecture, and use2,959US 6,331,181 B1Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 2001
- Identification device for surgical instrument2,647US 5,562,239 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1996
- Mechanical actuator interface system for robotic surgical tools2,625US 6,491,701 B2Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 2002
- Selectively orientable implantable fastener cartridge2,602US 8,393,514 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013