A61H 3/00
Appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk about
Official title: Appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk about (apparatus for helping babies to walk A47D13/04 {; applying electrical currents by contact electrodes for stimulating motor muscles, e.g. walking assistance A61N1/36003})
A61H3/00 (Appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk about) appears on 3,724 US grants and 4,133 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61H- Granted patents
- 3,724
- Published applications
- 4,133
- Assignees
- 1,339
- Inventors
- 6,776
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 18 | 0 |
| 1977 | 10 | 0 |
| 1978 | 11 | 0 |
| 1979 | 9 | 0 |
| 1980 | 14 | 0 |
| 1981 | 27 | 0 |
| 1982 | 10 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 15 | 0 |
| 1985 | 12 | 0 |
| 1986 | 10 | 0 |
| 1987 | 15 | 0 |
| 1988 | 19 | 0 |
| 1989 | 36 | 0 |
| 1990 | 27 | 0 |
| 1991 | 22 | 0 |
| 1992 | 28 | 0 |
| 1993 | 32 | 0 |
| 1994 | 52 | 0 |
| 1995 | 40 | 0 |
| 1996 | 47 | 0 |
| 1997 | 42 | 0 |
| 1998 | 59 | 0 |
| 1999 | 39 | 0 |
| 2000 | 51 | 0 |
| 2001 | 37 | 11 |
| 2002 | 44 | 39 |
| 2003 | 42 | 60 |
| 2004 | 38 | 78 |
| 2005 | 41 | 71 |
| 2006 | 32 | 86 |
| 2007 | 37 | 81 |
| 2008 | 46 | 98 |
| 2009 | 54 | 94 |
| 2010 | 68 | 122 |
| 2011 | 65 | 108 |
| 2012 | 74 | 107 |
| 2013 | 104 | 148 |
| 2014 | 111 | 155 |
| 2015 | 116 | 199 |
| 2016 | 160 | 223 |
| 2017 | 184 | 249 |
| 2018 | 180 | 296 |
| 2019 | 239 | 313 |
| 2020 | 289 | 268 |
| 2021 | 219 | 294 |
| 2022 | 205 | 260 |
| 2023 | 193 | 210 |
| 2024 | 200 | 249 |
| 2025 | 159 | 180 |
| 2026 | 134 | 134 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61H 3/04Wheeled walking aids for patients or disabled persons1,082
- A61H 3/02Crutches715
- A61H 3/008Appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk about: using suspension616
- A61H 2003/007Secured to the patientIndexing code574
- A61H 3/06Walking aids for blind persons451
- A61H 2003/002Appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk about: with attachedIndexing code286
- A61H 2003/001On steps or stairwaysIndexing code138
- A61H 2003/005Appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk about: with kneeIndexing code132
Recent patents
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- Method for moving an exoskeleton6 Oct 2026US 12,751,886 B2Wandercraft
- Powered exoskeleton joint6 Oct 2026US 12,751,887 B2Fondazione Istituto Italiano Di Tecnologia
- Systems and methods for an environment-aware predictive modeling framework for human-robot symbiotic walking6 Oct 2026US 12,755,410 B2Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
- Control system and control method for controlling electric walking aid device29 Sep 2026US 12,746,159 B2Pegatron Corporation
- Unified controller for powered ankle assistive devices8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306341 A1
- Ambulatory protective device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294662 A1Foot Defender, LLC
- Soft exosuit for assistance with human motion1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294726 A1President and Fellows of Harvard College
- Crutch with easily adwstable length24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283889 A1
- Multi-use mobility aid device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283890 A1Telo LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method for tracking a pedestrian581US 5,470,233 AArkenstone, Inc. · 1995
- Chair bed416US 5,715,548 AHill-Rom, Inc. · 1998
- Method and apparatus for treatment of gait problems associated with parkinson's disease368US 5,597,309 A1997
- Chair bed220US 6,163,903 AHill-Rom, Inc. · 2000
- Foot egress chair bed218US 5,454,126 AHill-Rom, Inc. · 1995