Wearable ECG Telemetry Patents: Leader, Then a Long Tail 2026
A patent landscape review of wearable ECG monitor wireless telemetry: filing trends, IPC composition, assignee concentration and white space, based on 42 records filed 2015-2026.
Top-5 share = the 5 largest assignees ÷ all 42 records in scope (CR5), not the ranked leaders only.
What this landscape covers
This review covers 42 published patent records filed between 2015 and 2026 that combine wearable ECG monitoring with wireless telemetry, drawn from IPC classes spanning diagnostic hardware (A61B), electrotherapy (A61N), wireless communications (H04W, H04L) and drug/fluid delivery (A61M). Every record in scope carries an A61B classification, confirming that the core claim territory is still the on-body sensing and signal-processing hardware rather than the radio link itself. Publication lag of roughly 18 months means the 2025 and 2026 figures will rise as later filings surface.
The filing history runs from a single record in 2017 to a peak of 8 in 2023, a pattern consistent with a technology area that saw a specific wave of interest mid-decade rather than steady linear growth. Growth rate is not stated here because fewer than four complete years remain once the publication lag is accounted for.
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Filing trend and technology composition
Two views of the same 42-record dataset: filings by year, and the IPC subclasses those filings carry.
Filings by year
Activity rose from a single 2017 filing to a peak of 8 records in 2023. The 2026 count reflects only what has published so far and will understate the actual filing year once later applications come through the pipeline.
IPC subclass composition
A61B diagnostic and surgical hardware accounts for 100.0% of the 42 records in scope, the anchor classification for this whole space. G16H healthcare informatics reaches 26.2% and G06N AI-based computing 11.9%, both pointing to a software layer being added on top of the core sensor claims rather than replacing them. Garment-integration classes (A41B, A41D) and positioning (G01S) each sit at a single record — 2.4% of the dataset — marking genuinely thin claim territory.
Shares are the percentage of the 42 records in scope. A patent can carry several IPC classes, so the shares add up to more than 100%.
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US9259154B2 — Monitoring method and apparatus
Apparatus for monitoring an ECG signal comprises a first body-wearable part for receiving a physiological signal and comprising processing means, a memory, and a wireless transceiver, the memory storing a plurality of signal segment templates. The processing means compares and matches segments of the physiological signal to the stored template. A second part comprises a wireless transceiver and processing means arranged to generate and/or modify signal segment templates and transmit them to the first part.Filed by Sensium Healthcare, cited 80 times within this dataset — among the most-cited records in scope.
| # | Publication no. | Patent title | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US20090099469A1 | Wireless ECG/EKG patient telemetry monitoring system | 108 |
| 2 | US9259154B2 | Monitoring method and apparatus | 80 |
| 3 | US8652038B2 | Health monitoring appliance | 70 |
| 4 | US20130178718A1 | Health monitoring appliance | 65 |
| 5 | WO2007036748A2 | Monitoring method and apparatus | 65 |
| 6 | US20080214946A1 | Monitoring Method and Apparatus | 32 |
| 7 | GB2420628A | Two-part template matching ECG monitor | 16 |
| 8 | RU2675752C2 | Wearable diagnostic device for remote continuous monitoring of electrocardiogram (ECG) | 12 |
| 9 | CN101272733A | 监控方法和设备 | 11 |
| 10 | US20190344090A1 | Wearable cardioverter defibrillator using CPAP information | 10 |
Citation counts favour older filings that have had more time to accumulate citations inside the searched corpus — read them as a signal of influence on the field, not of current commercial relevance.
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Filing activity sits with a small group
The top 5 ranked assignees combined account for 69.0% of all 42 records in scope, and the single leader alone holds 14. A new entrant filing broad on-body sensor claims is filing into occupied territory; differentiation needs to sit in a specific sub-claim, not the base architecture.
The anchor claim class is fully saturated
Every record in this dataset carries an A61B classification. That density means the diagnostic-hardware claim space is occupied, not that the underlying technology is settled — it signals where prior art will be dense for any new filing.
Informatics and AI claims are a secondary but real layer
A quarter of records add a G16H healthcare-informatics classification and just under 12% add G06N AI-based computing, both layered on top of the core A61B sensor claims. This is where recent differentiation is happening rather than in the base hardware.
Filing activity peaked in 2023, then the record thins
The trend rose from a single 2017 filing to 8 in 2023. Because publication typically lags filing by around 18 months, the lower counts in 2025 and 2026 understate actual filing activity rather than showing a real slowdown.
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Where to take this analysis
The dataset points to specific next steps depending on whether the goal is freedom-to-operate, licensing or new filing strategy.
Map the white space in garment-integration claims
A41B and A41D each carry a single record — 2.4% of the 42 in scope — suggesting textile-integrated telemetry is thinly claimed relative to the rigid-device art that dominates A61B filings.
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The strongest co-assignee pairing in this dataset appears 4 times, a signal of a stable internal filing team rather than one-off inventorship — useful context before approaching for licensing or partnership talks.
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The five most-cited records in this dataset, several tied to monitoring-method claims, are the ones most likely to have downstream citing art worth a closer FTO read before committing engineering resource.
Run an FTO check in EurekaCommon questions about this landscape
Filing activity in this 42-record dataset is concentrated at the top: the single leading assignee holds 14 records, and the top 5 ranked assignees combined account for 69.0% of all records in scope. The top 10 combined reach 92.9%, meaning nearly all activity sits with a small group of filers and the remaining assignees each hold only one or two records. This pattern means a new entrant should expect to negotiate around or design past a handful of established filers rather than a fragmented field.
Every record in this dataset carries an A61B classification (diagnosis and surgery hardware), making it the anchor class for the whole field. G16H healthcare informatics appears in 26.2% of records and G06N AI-based computing in 11.9%, both layered on top of the core sensor claims rather than replacing them. Smaller classes like A41B and A41D (garment integration) and G01S (positioning) each cover a single record, marking areas with far less claim density.
The trend shows a rise from a single filing in 2017 to a peak of 8 records in 2023, but a precise growth rate is not calculable here because fewer than four complete years of data remain once the roughly 18-month publication lag is accounted for. The apparent decline toward 2026 largely reflects that lag rather than a genuine drop in filing activity. Readers should treat the most recent two years as incomplete rather than as evidence of a slowdown.
US9259154B2, assigned to Sensium Healthcare, describes a two-part wearable ECG apparatus where a body-worn part matches physiological signal segments against stored templates and a second part generates or updates those templates and transmits them wirelessly to the first. It is one of the most-cited records in this dataset, with 80 citations recorded within it. Because citation counts favour older filings that have had more time to accumulate citations, this signals influence on how the field developed rather than a guarantee of current enforceability; any freedom-to-operate assessment should read the full claim set and its jurisdictional family, not the abstract alone.
The thinnest claim territory in this dataset sits in garment-integrated form factors (A41B and A41D, one record each) and positioning-linked telemetry (G01S, also one record), each covering just 2.4% of the 42 records in scope. This contrasts sharply with the fully saturated A61B core hardware class. Teams looking for lower-density filing space should look at textile-integrated sensing and location-aware telemetry combinations rather than the core on-body ECG sensor architecture.
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