A61F 2002/7615
Measuring means
Official title: {Measuring means}
A61F2002/7615 (Measuring means) appears on 767 US grants and 1,032 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 767
- Published applications
- 1,032
- Assignees
- 295
- Inventors
- 1,357
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61F 2002/7635For measuring force, pressure or mechanical tensionIndexing code469
- A61F 2002/7625For measuring angular positionIndexing code352
- A61F 2002/764For measuring accelerationIndexing code252
- A61F 2002/7645For measuring torqueIndexing code229
- A61F 2002/762For measuring dimensionsIndexing code108
- A61F 2002/763For measuring spatial positionIndexing code81
- A61F 2002/7655For measuring fluid pressureIndexing code80
- A61F 2002/7665For measuring temperaturesIndexing code77
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- A61F 2002/769Displaying measured valuesIndexing code69
- A61F 2002/7685Located on natural or sound-site limbsIndexing code40
- A61F 2002/765For measuring time or frequencyIndexing code36
- A61F 2002/768For measuring battery statusIndexing code28
- A61F 2002/766For measuring moistureIndexing code12
- A61F 2002/7675For measuring oxygen contentIndexing code9
- A61F 2002/767For measuring blood pressureIndexing code3
Recent patents
- Method for controlling a damping modification15 Sep 2026US 12,734,048 B2Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
- Systems and methods for reinforcement learning control of a powered prosthesis15 Sep 2026US 12,734,049 B2Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
- Auxiliary support method based on variable stiffness supernumerary robotic limbs15 Sep 2026US 12,734,675 B2Southeast University
- Method for producing a prosthetic liner and system consisting of prosthetic liner and prosthetic socket8 Sep 2026US 12,728,020 B2Ottobock SE & Co. Kgaa
- Powered knee and ankle prosthesis controller for adaptive ambulation4 Aug 2026US 12,697,233 B2University of Utah Research Foundation
- Artificial knee joint, adjustment support apparatus for artificial knee joint, method of controlling artificial knee joint, and program to control artificial knee joint8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306280 A1Nabtesco Corporation
- Unified controller for powered ankle assistive devices8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306341 A1
- Systems for real-time prediction of transitions to rigid and compliant surfaces using myoelectric and kinematic data10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263244 A1University of Delaware
- Prosthetic socket3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256602 A1Ottobock SE & Co. Kgaa
- Method and computer programme for creating a digital 3d model, and method for adjusting or producing an orthopaedic device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0252745 A1Ottobock SE & Co. Kgaa
Most cited
By later US patents
- Motion analysis system596US 5,955,667 AThe Governors of the University of Alberta · 1999
- Apparatus and method for monitoring contact pressure between body parts and contact surfaces415US 5,253,656 A1993
- Motion analysis system394US 6,301,964 B1DyhaStream Innovations Inc. · 2001
- Motion analysis system384US 6,513,381 B2Dynastream Innovations, Inc. · 2003
- System for controlling artificial knee joint action in an above knee prosthesis315US 5,571,205 A1996