A61H 23/00
Percussion or vibration massage
Official title: Percussion or vibration massage, e.g. using supersonic vibration; Suction-vibration massage; Massage with moving diaphragms {(apparatus for passive exercising A61H1/00; generating or transmitting mechanical vibrations in general B06B)}
A61H23/00 (Percussion or vibration massage) appears on 3,671 US grants and 5,502 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61H- Granted patents
- 3,671
- Published applications
- 5,502
- Assignees
- 1,932
- Inventors
- 7,492
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 18 | 0 |
| 1977 | 24 | 0 |
| 1978 | 18 | 0 |
| 1979 | 12 | 0 |
| 1980 | 16 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 10 | 0 |
| 1983 | 11 | 0 |
| 1984 | 9 | 0 |
| 1985 | 19 | 0 |
| 1986 | 20 | 0 |
| 1987 | 24 | 0 |
| 1988 | 27 | 0 |
| 1989 | 25 | 0 |
| 1990 | 22 | 0 |
| 1991 | 32 | 0 |
| 1992 | 35 | 0 |
| 1993 | 18 | 0 |
| 1994 | 27 | 0 |
| 1995 | 25 | 0 |
| 1996 | 29 | 0 |
| 1997 | 29 | 0 |
| 1998 | 51 | 0 |
| 1999 | 40 | 0 |
| 2000 | 56 | 0 |
| 2001 | 53 | 13 |
| 2002 | 53 | 75 |
| 2003 | 50 | 80 |
| 2004 | 53 | 98 |
| 2005 | 32 | 128 |
| 2006 | 52 | 142 |
| 2007 | 49 | 140 |
| 2008 | 59 | 185 |
| 2009 | 45 | 147 |
| 2010 | 54 | 141 |
| 2011 | 82 | 130 |
| 2012 | 69 | 154 |
| 2013 | 108 | 213 |
| 2014 | 110 | 230 |
| 2015 | 117 | 250 |
| 2016 | 132 | 292 |
| 2017 | 143 | 282 |
| 2018 | 163 | 230 |
| 2019 | 206 | 275 |
| 2020 | 211 | 349 |
| 2021 | 200 | 310 |
| 2022 | 203 | 382 |
| 2023 | 190 | 304 |
| 2024 | 216 | 327 |
| 2025 | 245 | 335 |
| 2026 | 171 | 290 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61H 23/02Percussion or vibration massage: with electric or magnetic drive2,982
- A61H 23/006Percussion or tapping massage380
- A61H 23/04Percussion or vibration massage: with hydraulic or pneumatic drive318
- A61H 23/008Percussion or vibration massage: using shock waves149
- A61H 23/004Percussion or vibration massage: with mechanical drive122
- A61H 2023/002Percussion or vibration massage: having a percussion element combined with a passiveIndexing code61
- A61H 23/06Hand percussion , i.e. hand driven42
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