H01H 3/14
Adapted for operation by a part of the human body other than
Official title: adapted for operation by a part of the human body other than the hand, e.g. by foot
H01H3/14 (Adapted for operation by a part of the human body other than) appears on 539 US grants and 300 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01H- Granted patents
- 539
- Published applications
- 300
- Assignees
- 302
- Inventors
- 887
- Latest grant
- 2 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 9 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 9 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 8 | 0 |
| 1989 | 12 | 0 |
| 1990 | 7 | 0 |
| 1991 | 12 | 0 |
| 1992 | 14 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 11 | 0 |
| 1995 | 10 | 0 |
| 1996 | 14 | 0 |
| 1997 | 18 | 0 |
| 1998 | 19 | 0 |
| 1999 | 19 | 0 |
| 2000 | 14 | 0 |
| 2001 | 14 | 6 |
| 2002 | 26 | 19 |
| 2003 | 17 | 15 |
| 2004 | 14 | 15 |
| 2005 | 17 | 16 |
| 2006 | 11 | 15 |
| 2007 | 11 | 15 |
| 2008 | 21 | 20 |
| 2009 | 11 | 16 |
| 2010 | 6 | 9 |
| 2011 | 9 | 8 |
| 2012 | 8 | 11 |
| 2013 | 7 | 14 |
| 2014 | 10 | 8 |
| 2015 | 12 | 11 |
| 2016 | 11 | 9 |
| 2017 | 11 | 14 |
| 2018 | 8 | 15 |
| 2019 | 16 | 22 |
| 2020 | 15 | 11 |
| 2021 | 12 | 11 |
| 2022 | 9 | 7 |
| 2023 | 7 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Orally actuated control device2 Jun 2026US 12,645,285 B2Xpnd Technologies, Sl
- Foot switch device and medical device system7 Apr 2026US 12,597,577 B2Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH
- Eyeglasses nose piece switch30 Dec 2025US 12,512,283 B2Hourglass Medical LLC
- Treatment system, control device, and method of operating the treatment system18 Nov 2025US 12,471,946 B2Olympus Corporation
- Kick traffic signal switch7 Oct 2025US 12,437,634 B2
- Eyeglasses nose piece switch12 Mar 2026US 2026/0074130 A1Hourglass Medical LLC
- Orally actuated control device24 Jul 2025US 2025/0238074 A1Xpnd Technologies, Sl
- Safety mat, mold clamping device, and injection molding machine24 Apr 2025US 2025/0128461 A1The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.
- Movement tracking device producing an audible sound27 Mar 2025US 2025/0104543 A1
- System and method for activating a surgical instrument, and foot switch assembly for controlling a surgical instrument26 Sep 2024US 2024/0315679 A1Crea IP B.V.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Multi-function surgical device control system1,186US 5,712,460 ALinvatec Corporation · 1998
- Foot-operated control system for a multi-function440US 5,883,615 ALiebel-Flarsheim Company · 1999
- Footswitch assembly with electrically engaged detents215US 5,091,656 AStorz Instrument Company · 1992
- Drug delivery management system202US 6,961,285 B2DDMS Holdings, L.L.C. · 2005
- Foot operated control system for a multi-function device193US 5,422,521 ALiebel-Flarsheim Company · 1995