A61N 1/0526
Head electrodes
Official title: {Head electrodes (A61N1/0551 takes precedence)}
A61N1/0526 (Head electrodes) appears on 4,881 US grants and 6,608 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61N- Granted patents
- 4,881
- Published applications
- 6,608
- Assignees
- 1,248
- Inventors
- 6,527
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 18 | 0 |
| 1999 | 14 | 0 |
| 2000 | 22 | 0 |
| 2001 | 27 | 9 |
| 2002 | 31 | 39 |
| 2003 | 28 | 53 |
| 2004 | 17 | 80 |
| 2005 | 22 | 108 |
| 2006 | 59 | 145 |
| 2007 | 53 | 174 |
| 2008 | 39 | 207 |
| 2009 | 44 | 167 |
| 2010 | 125 | 202 |
| 2011 | 153 | 266 |
| 2012 | 168 | 252 |
| 2013 | 258 | 272 |
| 2014 | 285 | 342 |
| 2015 | 267 | 338 |
| 2016 | 310 | 343 |
| 2017 | 310 | 372 |
| 2018 | 260 | 358 |
| 2019 | 279 | 399 |
| 2020 | 304 | 424 |
| 2021 | 295 | 392 |
| 2022 | 306 | 406 |
| 2023 | 307 | 354 |
| 2024 | 314 | 359 |
| 2025 | 319 | 337 |
| 2026 | 172 | 210 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Wirelessly powered medical implant for treatment of sleep-disordered breathing6 Oct 2026US 12,752,104 B2Cochlear Limited
- Magnet removal and replacement apparatus and methods for use with cochlear implants6 Oct 2026US 12,752,113 B2Advanced Bionics AG
- Cochlear implants having MRI-compatible magnet apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,752,114 B2Advanced Bionics AG
- Systems, methods, and devices for intracranial measurement, stimulation, and generation of brain state models29 Sep 2026US 12,745,946 B2StimScience Inc.
- Surface and subsurface electrodes for guiding stimulation electric currents with electric fields for cochlea implanted electrodes29 Sep 2026US 12,746,384 B2Sergio Lara Pereira Monteiro
- Electrocochleography-based classification8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306009 A1The University of Melbourne
- Transformable structures for therapy8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306830 A1Medtronic, Inc.
- Medical device insertion with contour mapping8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306841 A1Cochlear Limited
- Implantable lead for obstructive sleep apnea8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306845 A1Medtronic, Inc.
- High-resolution microelectrode-based neural stimulation system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306851 A1Academia Sinica
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for performing stereotactic surgery1,805US 7,313,430 B2Medtronic Navigation, Inc. · 2007
- Cochlear implant system component having multiple electrode assemblies1,455US 9,119,957 B2Cochlear Limited · 2015
- Haptic guidance system and method1,367US 8,010,180 B2MAKO Surgical Corp. · 2011
- Surgical instrument including housing, a cutting accessory that extends from the housing and actuators that establish the position of the cutting accessory relative to the housing1,181US 9,707,043 B2Stryker Corporation · 2017
- Apparatus and method for closed-loop intracranical stimulation for optimal control of neurological disease769US 6,366,813 B12002