A61N 1/36014
External stimulators
Official title: {External stimulators, e.g. with patch electrodes (external pacemakers A61N1/3625)}
A61N1/36014 (External stimulators) appears on 4,840 US grants and 7,027 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61N- Granted patents
- 4,840
- Published applications
- 7,027
- Assignees
- 2,025
- Inventors
- 8,330
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 10 | 0 |
| 1979 | 11 | 0 |
| 1980 | 12 | 0 |
| 1981 | 11 | 0 |
| 1982 | 12 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 11 | 0 |
| 1985 | 18 | 0 |
| 1986 | 18 | 0 |
| 1987 | 21 | 0 |
| 1988 | 16 | 0 |
| 1989 | 16 | 0 |
| 1990 | 20 | 0 |
| 1991 | 26 | 0 |
| 1992 | 13 | 0 |
| 1993 | 13 | 0 |
| 1994 | 15 | 0 |
| 1995 | 14 | 0 |
| 1996 | 18 | 0 |
| 1997 | 13 | 0 |
| 1998 | 26 | 0 |
| 1999 | 16 | 0 |
| 2000 | 30 | 0 |
| 2001 | 35 | 11 |
| 2002 | 37 | 45 |
| 2003 | 53 | 59 |
| 2004 | 25 | 90 |
| 2005 | 30 | 104 |
| 2006 | 40 | 134 |
| 2007 | 44 | 121 |
| 2008 | 34 | 142 |
| 2009 | 47 | 157 |
| 2010 | 66 | 168 |
| 2011 | 100 | 182 |
| 2012 | 105 | 166 |
| 2013 | 165 | 211 |
| 2014 | 210 | 313 |
| 2015 | 195 | 285 |
| 2016 | 247 | 336 |
| 2017 | 238 | 381 |
| 2018 | 202 | 383 |
| 2019 | 330 | 483 |
| 2020 | 301 | 496 |
| 2021 | 312 | 500 |
| 2022 | 391 | 459 |
| 2023 | 355 | 476 |
| 2024 | 345 | 524 |
| 2025 | 325 | 478 |
| 2026 | 233 | 323 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method for manufacturing fractional microneedle module having partitioned zones high frequency6 Oct 2026US 12,752,091 B2Agnes Medical Co., Ltd.
- Electrical stimulation of tissue6 Oct 2026US 12,752,101 B2Esqure Advanced Medical Devices Ltd.
- Disposable electrodes for portable stimulation devices and systems and methods for replacement of the disposable electrodes6 Oct 2026US 12,752,102 B1Spark Biomedical, Inc.
- Conductive pad generating tumor treating field and methods of production and use thereof6 Oct 2026US 12,752,109 B2Novocure GmbH
- System and method for non-invasive brain stimulation of cognitive enhancement6 Oct 2026US 12,752,110 B2Washington University
- System and method for enhancing venous circulation in a limb of a user8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306352 A1
- Inducing and monitoring muscle growth and activity in a wearable neuroprosthesis8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306828 A1
- Combination therapy for treatment of depression8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306839 A1Flow Neuroscience, Inc.
- Multimodal Sensors From Wearables and Implants to Improve Diagnosis and Efficiency of Physiologic Monitoring8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306840 A1Biotronik SE & Co.KG
- Sensing and/or stimulating target tissue including diaphragm-related tissue and/or upper airway patency-related tissue8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306847 A1Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Therapeutic treatment of sleep disorder by nerve stimulation1,291US 5,335,657 ACyberonics, Inc. · 1994
- Electrotherapy apparatus with superimposed AC fields1,059US 5,476,481 A1995
- System and method for nerve stimulation1,040US 7,979,137 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2011
- Modulated high frequency tissue modification1,014US 6,246,912 B1Sherwood Services AG · 2001
- Cranial nerve stimulation treatments using neurocybernetic prosthesis929US 5,540,734 A1996