A61G 7/018
Control or drive mechanisms
A61G7/018 (Control or drive mechanisms) appears on 1,287 US grants and 1,561 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61G- Granted patents
- 1,287
- Published applications
- 1,561
- Assignees
- 295
- Inventors
- 1,732
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2022 | 82 | 74 |
| 2023 | 79 | 97 |
| 2024 | 73 | 72 |
| 2025 | 97 | 64 |
| 2026 | 57 | 59 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Care bed6 Oct 2026US 12,751,879 B2FUJI WORLD Co., Ltd.
- Bed fall prevention device and system22 Sep 2026US 12,740,903 B2Metacare Inc.
- Electric nursing bed with rotating and boosting functions15 Sep 2026US 12,734,086 B2TFC Technology Co., Ltd.
- Patient support systems and methods for assisting caregivers with patient care15 Sep 2026US 12,734,087 B2Stryker Corporation
- Surgical table including cable take-up mechanism15 Sep 2026US 12,734,091 B2American Sterilizer Company
- Patient support apparatus operation and use8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306324 A1
- Bed system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294348 A1Paramount Bed Co., Ltd.
- Voice communication device having locating and other advanced badge functionality1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294357 A1Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
- Automated home health patient care system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294704 A1
- Systems For Providing Power To A Patient Support Apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294708 A1Stryker Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Patient point-of-care computer system512US 7,154,397 B2Hill-Rom Services, Inc. · 2006
- Chair bed416US 5,715,548 AHill-Rom, Inc. · 1998
- Hospital bed367US 7,296,312 B2Hill-Rom Services, Inc. · 2007
- Voice-actuated, speaker-dependent control system for hospital bed336US 5,335,313 A1994
- Communication network for a hospital bed295US 5,771,511 AHill-Rom, Inc. · 1998