A61N 5/10
X-ray therapy
Official title: X-ray therapy; Gamma-ray therapy; Particle-irradiation therapy (A61N5/01 takes precedence)
A61N5/10 (X-ray therapy) appears on 9,252 US grants and 11,272 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61N- Granted patents
- 9,252
- Published applications
- 11,272
- Assignees
- 2,696
- Inventors
- 13,823
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 9 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 9 | 0 |
| 1979 | 12 | 0 |
| 1980 | 12 | 0 |
| 1981 | 10 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 11 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 14 | 0 |
| 1987 | 15 | 0 |
| 1988 | 18 | 0 |
| 1989 | 24 | 0 |
| 1990 | 20 | 0 |
| 1991 | 37 | 0 |
| 1992 | 44 | 0 |
| 1993 | 31 | 0 |
| 1994 | 40 | 0 |
| 1995 | 46 | 0 |
| 1996 | 45 | 0 |
| 1997 | 65 | 0 |
| 1998 | 97 | 0 |
| 1999 | 98 | 0 |
| 2000 | 148 | 0 |
| 2001 | 158 | 46 |
| 2002 | 170 | 150 |
| 2003 | 188 | 197 |
| 2004 | 150 | 222 |
| 2005 | 112 | 207 |
| 2006 | 123 | 236 |
| 2007 | 127 | 283 |
| 2008 | 138 | 350 |
| 2009 | 174 | 343 |
| 2010 | 225 | 404 |
| 2011 | 248 | 381 |
| 2012 | 307 | 406 |
| 2013 | 319 | 505 |
| 2014 | 377 | 570 |
| 2015 | 422 | 651 |
| 2016 | 436 | 572 |
| 2017 | 430 | 596 |
| 2018 | 434 | 587 |
| 2019 | 552 | 617 |
| 2020 | 582 | 710 |
| 2021 | 467 | 665 |
| 2022 | 491 | 615 |
| 2023 | 475 | 617 |
| 2024 | 542 | 534 |
| 2025 | 494 | 459 |
| 2026 | 281 | 349 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61N 5/1048Monitoring, verifying, controlling systems and methods4,127
- A61N 5/103Treatment planning systems2,461
- A61N 5/1001Using radiation sources introduced into or applied onto the body2,311
- A61N 2005/1085Characterised by the type of particles applied to the patientIndexing code2,143
- A61N 5/1077Beam delivery systems1,942
- A61N 2005/1092DetailsIndexing code1,653
- A61N 5/1042With spatial modulation of the radiation beam within the treatment head1,576
Recent patents
- Method for treating tumours by capturing copper and/or iron6 Oct 2026US 12,752,018 B2Centre National De La Recherche Scentifique (Cnrs)
- Systems and methods for planning of cardiac radiation therapy6 Oct 2026US 12,752,129 B2Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
- Triggered treatment systems and methods6 Oct 2026US 12,752,130 B2Siemens Healthineers International AG
- Radiotherapy systems and methods for quality assurance and calibration6 Oct 2026US 12,752,131 B2RefleXion Medical, Inc.
- Polymeric forms of H-NOX proteins6 Oct 2026US 12,753,222 B2Omniox.Inc.
- Long-Lived Gadolinium Based Tumor Targeted Imaging and Therapy Agents8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306634 A1Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
- Downstream variable thickness energy selection system for charged particle therapy8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306873 A1Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Radiation irradiation system and control method therefor8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306874 A1Neuboron Therapy System Ltd.
- Methods for optimizing treatment time and plan quality for radiotherapy8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306875 A1RefleXion Medical, Inc.
- Systems and methods for stereotactic guided radiation therapy using computer vision systems for patient specific body models8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306876 A1The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate
Most cited
By later US patents
- Dispensing catheter and method1,832US 4,900,303 A1990
- Medical scanning and treatment system and method1,502US 5,464,013 A1995
- Medical procedures and apparatus using intrabody probes1,425US 6,332,089 B1Biosense, Inc. · 2001
- Coated implantable medical device1,180US 6,096,070 ACook Incorporated · 2000
- Collimator changer1,092US 8,822,934 B2Accuray Incorporated · 2014