A61G 3/00
Ambulance aspects of vehicles
Official title: Ambulance aspects of vehicles; Vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances, e.g. for facilitating access of, or for loading, wheelchairs
A61G3/00 (Ambulance aspects of vehicles) appears on 1,544 US grants and 1,330 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61G- Granted patents
- 1,544
- Published applications
- 1,330
- Assignees
- 590
- Inventors
- 2,575
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 9 | 0 |
| 1977 | 15 | 0 |
| 1978 | 28 | 0 |
| 1979 | 19 | 0 |
| 1980 | 12 | 0 |
| 1981 | 24 | 0 |
| 1982 | 12 | 0 |
| 1983 | 19 | 0 |
| 1984 | 27 | 0 |
| 1985 | 21 | 0 |
| 1986 | 15 | 0 |
| 1987 | 21 | 0 |
| 1988 | 19 | 0 |
| 1989 | 13 | 0 |
| 1990 | 19 | 0 |
| 1991 | 14 | 0 |
| 1992 | 22 | 0 |
| 1993 | 22 | 0 |
| 1994 | 20 | 0 |
| 1995 | 21 | 0 |
| 1996 | 22 | 0 |
| 1997 | 22 | 0 |
| 1998 | 19 | 0 |
| 1999 | 23 | 0 |
| 2000 | 31 | 0 |
| 2001 | 33 | 15 |
| 2002 | 27 | 23 |
| 2003 | 25 | 28 |
| 2004 | 25 | 34 |
| 2005 | 18 | 27 |
| 2006 | 14 | 42 |
| 2007 | 22 | 35 |
| 2008 | 26 | 34 |
| 2009 | 25 | 43 |
| 2010 | 34 | 36 |
| 2011 | 28 | 43 |
| 2012 | 26 | 40 |
| 2013 | 32 | 37 |
| 2014 | 40 | 50 |
| 2015 | 40 | 40 |
| 2016 | 37 | 51 |
| 2017 | 46 | 57 |
| 2018 | 44 | 52 |
| 2019 | 47 | 58 |
| 2020 | 63 | 87 |
| 2021 | 59 | 99 |
| 2022 | 63 | 87 |
| 2023 | 66 | 76 |
| 2024 | 85 | 92 |
| 2025 | 74 | 79 |
| 2026 | 56 | 65 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61G 3/02Loading or unloading personal conveyances1,018
- A61G 3/08Accommodating or securing wheelchairs or stretchers506
- A61G 3/001Vehicles provided with medical equipment to perform operations or examinations160
- A61G 3/006Means for reducing the influence of acceleration on patients45
- A61G 3/008Ventilation, sterilisation or air conditioning aspects19
Recent patents
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- Ramp apparatus for vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,752,691 B2Hyundai Motor Company
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- Aircraft stretcher15 Sep 2026US 12,734,081 B2Skybudi Pty. Ltd.
- Systems and methods for deploying a ramp element15 Sep 2026US 12,734,951 B1Zoox, Inc.
- Mounting structure of ramp module of vehicle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306317 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- Foldable ramp with separate platform side wall, light source and/or pair of connectors for wheelchair access to a passenger car rear door8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306318 A1Api Cz S.R.O.
- Pivot mechanism of a foldable ramp for wheelchair access to a passenger car rear door8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306319 A1Api Cz S.R.O.
- Foldable ramp for wheelchair access to a passenger car rear door with load measurement arrangement8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306320 A1Api Cz S.R.O.
- Door and vehicle having the same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306321 A1Hyundai Motor Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Collapsible, powered platform for lifting wheelchair189US 5,672,041 ACrow River Industries, Inc. · 1997
- Foldable platform wheelchair lift with safety barrier183US 5,401,135 ACrow River Industries, Inc. · 1995
- Rotary bus lift with power stowable platform140US 5,180,275 ABraun GmbH · 1993
- Modified door opening of a motorized vehicle for accommodating a ramp system and method thereof133US 9,789,922 B2Braun GmbH · 2017
- Dual hydraulic, parallelogram arm wheelchair lift115US 5,261,779 ABraun GmbH · 1993