Consumer tech · Lead record
K253984 clears a real-time surgical-video augmentation feature under an endoscope classification, layering a computed instrument exit-point indicator onto the live laparoscopic image.
Consumer tech
K253656 clears a cooled radiofrequency ablation system for bone under the electrosurgical-cutting classification, with internally cooled electrodes that let the energy reach deeper before the tissue chars.
Consumer tech
K253102 clears a system that joins bowel without sutures or staples, using paired magnets that fuse tissue and then pass naturally — and a substantial-equivalence claim built on a dedicated magnetic-anastomosis classification.
Consumer tech
K254086 puts an oculomotor-tracking concussion aid into a dedicated neurology classification, clearing on a substantial-equivalence claim that hinges on a purpose-built product code.
Consumer tech
K260497 puts an AI plaque-analysis tool into the 892.2050 image-management bucket, clearing through a Traditional 510(k) on a substantial-equivalence claim against an established predicate class.
Consumer tech
FDA cleared Sonio's K261519 as computer-assisted diagnostic software for lesions suspicious for cancer, riding a Special 510(k) and a substantial-equivalence argument built on its own predicate.
IP & Patents
Two June 2026 grants — one Samsung, one Google — show the foldable race has moved from the hinge to the screen surface itself. The distinction between granted and published matters.
IP & Patents
A June 2026 Samsung grant on an electronic device with a flexible display reads on the foldable phones it ships. Here's the independent claim in plain English.
IP & Patents
Apple's spatial-computing patents cluster tightly in the gaze-tracking CPC class. Three June 2026 grants show the portfolio strategy isn't optics — it's the eye.
IP & Patents
Smart-home interop is a patent story before it's a product story. A June 2026 Google grant claims a way to make pre-Matter devices speak the new standard.
IP & Patents
A June 2026 Apple grant on a head-mountable display sits squarely over the spatial-computing product line. The independent claim is shorter than you'd expect.
IP & Patents
The trick that makes a headset's display feel sharp without melting its battery has a precise claim. A June 2026 Apple grant spells out the load-bearing limitation.
IP & Patents
Eye tracking is the contested center of the headset patent map. Filings from Apple, Magic Leap, and Qualcomm show where the cluster is densest — and where it isn't.
IP & Patents
Letting a screen tell a stylus from a finger — and track both at once — is harder than it looks. A June 2026 grant claims the combined pen-and-touch sensing path.
IP & Patents
The Masimo/Apple saga showed an import ban can pull a sensor off a flagship watch. Granted wrist-sensor claims from Samsung are exactly the kind of asset that starts one.
IP & Patents
Head-tracked spatial audio in your earbuds rests on metadata-driven binaural rendering. Dolby's granted patent describes the version that became the licensing backbone.
IP & Patents
The optical sensor hidden beneath your phone screen has a foundational claim. Goodix's granted patent walks the collimator-and-sensor stack that made it work.
IP & Patents
Wrist-based blood pressure is a patent battleground. Two early-2026 Samsung grants show the company holds issued claims — not just applications — on the estimation method.
IP & Patents
A January 2020 Apple grant splits capacitive touch sensing across multiple controllers. The independent claim is about partitioning a panel, not about the touch itself.
IP & Patents
A 2020 Qualcomm grant fuses capacitive and ultrasonic sensing in one device. The claim's interest is the combination, not either modality alone.
IP & Patents
Across one stretch of 2020, LG Display issued a tight family of fingerprint-sensing display grants. Read together, they map a deliberate integration strategy.
IP & Patents
A May 2020 Samsung grant covers a touchscreen controller and its operating method. The claim is narrower — and more useful — than the title suggests.
IP & Patents
An April 2020 LG Display grant puts the fingerprint sensor inside the touchscreen layer. The claim is about co-location, and co-location is the hard part.
IP & Patents
A wrist screen is not a phone screen. An April 2020 grant claims a touch-detection method tuned for the curved, low-power constraints of a wearable.
