G03B 42/00
Obtaining records using waves other than optical waves
Official title: Obtaining records using waves other than optical waves; Visualisation of such records by using optical means
G03B42/00 (Obtaining records using waves other than optical waves) appears on 2,014 US grants and 1,166 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G03B- Granted patents
- 2,014
- Published applications
- 1,166
- Assignees
- 460
- Inventors
- 2,653
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Apparatus for determining projection angle of dental periapical radiography and method of using same16 Jun 2026US 12,653,478 B2
- Sensor holder and method for optimum positioning during intraoral imaging5 May 2026US 12,616,434 B2DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
- Radiation image scanner5 May 2026US 12,618,990 B2J. Morita Mfg. Corp.
- X-ray transmission member31 Mar 2026US 12,591,074 B2Toray Industries, Inc.
- X-ray aiming ring apparatus and setups24 Mar 2026US 12,585,180 B1
- Medical imaging apparatus, system and method23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207291 A1Smartray Pty Ltd
- Multi-view dental imaging sensor holder16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198880 A1
- Hyperspectral camera lens unit and hyperspectral camera2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185873 A1Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
- Determining material stiffness using multiple aperture ultrasound7 May 2026US 2026/0123917 A1Maui Imaging, Inc.
- Treatment of male reproductive disorder22 Jan 2026US 2026/0020843 A1Imperial College Innovations Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Digital image detector695US 8,324,585 B2General Electric Company · 2012
- Radiographic localization technique315US 4,506,676 A1985
- X-ray diagnostic system preferable to two dimensional x-ray detection246US 6,196,715 B1Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba · 2001
- Radiography device242US 6,435,715 B1Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · 2002
- Medical workstation, imaging system, and method for mixing two images232US 6,895,268 B1Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · 2005