- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosis; surgery; identification
- A61B 8/12 - Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves in body cavities or body tracts, e.g. by using catheters
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 8/12
Total number of patents in this class: 4542
10-year publication summary
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345
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428
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421
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415
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493
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441
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458
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394
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354
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121
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| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Koninklijke Philips N.V. | 22975 |
513 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13667 |
328 |
| Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation | 418 |
250 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5216 |
239 |
| Volcano Corporation | 465 |
196 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 8794 |
165 |
| FUJIFILM Corporation | 27102 |
151 |
| Olympus Medical Systems Corp. | 1661 |
75 |
| ACIST Medical Systems, Inc. | 315 |
60 |
| Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. | 1925 |
57 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 3616 |
56 |
| Covidien LP | 10647 |
52 |
| LightLab Imaging, Inc. | 260 |
45 |
| Cleerly, Inc. | 81 |
43 |
| Muffin Incorporated | 112 |
37 |
| Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. | 13133 |
29 |
| B-K Medical ApS | 125 |
29 |
| Gynesonics, Inc. | 76 |
29 |
| Auris Health, Inc. | 774 |
29 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1584 |
26 |
| Other owners | 2133 |