A61B 1/00002
Operational features of endoscopes
Official title: {Operational features of endoscopes}
A61B1/00002 (Operational features of endoscopes) appears on 8,110 US grants and 12,185 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 8,110
- Published applications
- 12,185
- Assignees
- 1,838
- Inventors
- 11,758
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 798 | 871 |
| 2025 | 698 | 819 |
| 2026 | 475 | 477 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 1/00004Characterised by electronic signal processing4,880
- A61B 1/00043Provided with output arrangements3,348
- A61B 1/00011Characterised by signal transmission1,595
- A61B 1/00039Provided with input arrangements for the user1,115
- A61B 1/00025Characterised by power management867
- A61B 1/00057Provided with means for testing or calibration565
- A61B 1/0002Provided with data storages455
- A61B 1/00059Provided with identification means for the endoscope430
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Recent patents
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- Rotary knob assembly for a steerable medical device6 Oct 2026US 12,751,604 B2EndoVista, Inc.
- Medical visualization and intubation systems6 Oct 2026US 12,751,606 B2Visurraga Enterprises, LLC
- Medical imaging device and method for calibrating a medical imaging device6 Oct 2026US 12,751,607 B2KARL STORZ GmbH&Co.KG
- Motor control for disposable steerable endoscope6 Oct 2026US 12,751,611 B2Covidien LP
- Medical optical system, data processing system, computer program, and non-volatile computer-readable storage medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305912 A1Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
- Fiber bragg grating for endoscopes8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305915 A1GYRUS ACMI INC. (d.b.a.Olympus Surgical Technologies America)
- Image processing adapter for endoscope8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305916 A1GYRUS ACMI INC. (d.b.a.Olympus Surgical Technologies America)
- Actuation mechanisms for medical devices and related systems8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305922 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Retrograde tethered capsule endomicroscopy systems and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305925 A1The General Hospital Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical instrument2,184US 5,454,827 A1995
- Robotically-controlled surgical instrument with selectively articulatable end effector2,060US 9,301,759 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2016
- Stapler for endoscopes2,018US 6,872,214 B2Medigus Ltd. · 2005
- Robotically-controlled endoscopic accessory channel1,993US 8,992,422 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2015
- Surgical fastener and cutter with mimicking end effector1,900US 8,236,010 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2012