A61F 2013/8488
Including testing apparatus
Official title: {including testing apparatus}
A61F2013/8488 (Including testing apparatus) appears on 188 US grants and 125 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 19 May 2026
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| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Four-dimensional analysis system, apparatus, and method19 May 2026US 12,629,295 B2Edgewell Personal Care Brands, LLC
- Pressure sensing device for use with a compression bandage27 Jan 2026US 12,533,267 B2University of Galway
- Absorbent structure9 Dec 2025US 12,491,123 B2The Procter & Gamble Company
- Determining diaper loading using color detection or activity state4 Nov 2025US 12,458,543 B2Verily Life Sciences LLC
- Apparatus for assessing performance of absorbent articles28 Oct 2025US 12,453,662 B2Daio Paper Corporation
- Wearing article provided with test strip for detecting amniotic fluid marker4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153505 A1Cranebio Co., Ltd.
- Monitoring structure without chip19 Mar 2026US 2026/0079119 A1Inventec Corporation
- Health Monitoring Diaper System with Integrated Multi-Sensor Technology and Real-Time Alert Capabilities4 Dec 2025US 2025/0366786 A1
- Fluid loss estimation based on weight of medical items22 May 2025US 2025/0160656 A1Stryker Corporation
- Diagnostic arrangement for sanitary napkin to detect and analyze analytes in menstrual blood1 May 2025US 2025/0134736 A1Pes University
Most cited
By later US patents
- Thin-unit-wet absorbent foam materials for aqueous body fluids and process for making same1,130US 5,387,207 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 1995
- Absorbent article having a hydrophobic transport layer802US 4,798,603 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1989
- High efficiency absorbent articles for incontinence management776US 5,147,345 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 1992
- Absorbent members for body fluids having good wet integrity and relatively high concentrations of hydrogel-forming absorbent polymer having high porosity637US 5,562,646 AThe Proctor & Gamble Company · 1996
- Absorbent members for body fluids having good wet integrity and relatively high concentrations of hydrogel-forming absorbent polymer632US 5,599,335 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 1997