G16H 40/20
Ict specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or
Official title: for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
G16H40/20 (Ict specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or) appears on 7,567 US grants and 14,470 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G16H- Granted patents
- 7,567
- Published applications
- 14,470
- Assignees
- 4,103
- Inventors
- 24,095
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 10 | 0 |
| 1998 | 23 | 0 |
| 1999 | 31 | 0 |
| 2000 | 22 | 0 |
| 2001 | 20 | 25 |
| 2002 | 26 | 137 |
| 2003 | 26 | 214 |
| 2004 | 30 | 176 |
| 2005 | 35 | 221 |
| 2006 | 57 | 241 |
| 2007 | 59 | 288 |
| 2008 | 74 | 337 |
| 2009 | 86 | 352 |
| 2010 | 185 | 308 |
| 2011 | 167 | 286 |
| 2012 | 196 | 333 |
| 2013 | 233 | 370 |
| 2014 | 249 | 517 |
| 2015 | 161 | 528 |
| 2016 | 153 | 551 |
| 2017 | 258 | 519 |
| 2018 | 304 | 679 |
| 2019 | 463 | 794 |
| 2020 | 579 | 1015 |
| 2021 | 595 | 1340 |
| 2022 | 681 | 1326 |
| 2023 | 818 | 1245 |
| 2024 | 817 | 1023 |
| 2025 | 713 | 962 |
| 2026 | 454 | 683 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Work management device, work management method, and recording medium6 Oct 2026US 12,755,251 B2NEC Corporation
- Health checks for infusion pump communications systems6 Oct 2026US 12,755,827 B2ICU Medical, Inc.
- Integrated computer based tools and techniques for health and dental care practice management6 Oct 2026US 12,755,833 B2Virtual Front Desk, LLC
- Monitoring, predicting and alerting for census periods in medical inpatient units6 Oct 2026US 12,755,834 B2GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- AI ready smart IV pole system including modular hub for clinical data integration, compliance and patient services6 Oct 2026US 12,755,835 B1OneSource Solutions International, Inc.
- Device use-time estimation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306072 A1Exo Imaging, Inc.
- Video Documentation System and Medical Treatments Used with or Independent Thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311834 A1P Tech, LLC
- Patient-led prescription refill grouping system and method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311837 A1Outcomes One, Inc.
- Method for generating a nursing schedule with maximum-minimum fairness8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311850 A1King Saud University
- System and Method for Continuously Reallocating Heterogeneous Evacuation Assets Across Dispatching Subsystems8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311851 A1United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Army
Most cited
By later US patents
- Reinforced battery for a surgical instrument1,484US 9,931,118 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2018
- Surgical instrument system comprising an inspection station1,419US 10,045,779 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2018
- Charging system that enables emergency resolutions for charging a battery1,313US 10,182,816 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2019
- Surgical apparatus configured to track an end-of-life parameter1,278US 10,159,483 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2018
- Multiple patient monitoring system for proactive health management1,235US 6,246,992 B1Health Hero Network, Inc. · 2001