A61F 4/00
Methods or devices enabling patients or disabled persons to operate an apparatus
Official title: Methods or devices enabling patients or disabled persons to operate an apparatus or a device not forming part of the body
A61F4/00 (Methods or devices enabling patients or disabled persons to operate an apparatus) appears on 311 US grants and 306 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 306
- Assignees
- 205
- Inventors
- 796
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method of contextual speech decoding from the brain6 Oct 2026US 12,755,738 B2The Regents of the University of California
- Method of contextual speech decoding from the brain15 Sep 2026US 12,738,275 B2The Regents of the University of California
- Motion tracking using magnetic-localization inertial measurement unit and orientation compensation8 Sep 2026US 12,728,023 B2Georgia Tech Research Corporation
- Systems and methods of lossless transmission and remote presentation of response from a cranial sensor system14 Jul 2026US 12,678,310 B2Neurasignal, Inc.
- System for rehabilitation of a limb of a patient30 Jun 2026US 12,667,474 B2Indian Institute of Technology Delh
- Electrode Array Design for a Brain Computer Interface8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310296 A1Echo Neurotechnologies Corporation
- Action control system and electronic device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294659 A1SoftBank Group Corp.
- Systems and Methods of Lossless Transmission and Remote Presentation of Response from a Cranial Sensor System1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294660 A1Neurasignal, Inc.
- Method for dexterous hand movement decoding based on synergy basis manifold17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272690 A1Zhejiang University
- Systems and Methods for Decoding Speech from Neural Activity27 Aug 2026US 2026/0253589 A1The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ergonomic customizeable user/computer interface devices269US 5,481,265 A1996
- Eye movement detector228US 4,836,670 ACenter for Innovative Technology · 1989
- Electric control circuit216US 4,087,730 AViennatone Gesellschaft m.b.H. · 1978
- Eye movement detector209US 4,973,149 ACenter for Innovative Technology · 1990
- Multidimensional signal input device209US 5,329,276 AKabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki · 1994