A61B 1/00009
Of image signals during a use of endoscope
Official title: {of image signals during a use of endoscope}
A61B1/00009 (Of image signals during a use of endoscope) appears on 4,054 US grants and 6,143 published applications in this corpus.
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Recent patents
- Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing program6 Oct 2026US 12,751,600 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- White balance adjustment jig for endoscope and white balance adjustment method for endoscope29 Sep 2026US 12,745,892 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Processor device, method of operating the same, and endoscope system29 Sep 2026US 12,745,893 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Techniques for generating superresolution presentations of medical procedure video data29 Sep 2026US 12,745,894 B1Verily Life Sciences LLC
- Endoscope and method of use29 Sep 2026US 12,745,896 B2Meditrina, Inc.
- Medical optical system, data processing system, computer program, and non-volatile computer-readable storage medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305912 A1Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
- Image processing adapter for endoscope8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305916 A1GYRUS ACMI INC. (d.b.a.Olympus Surgical Technologies America)
- Retrograde tethered capsule endomicroscopy systems and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305925 A1The General Hospital Corporation
- Dental plaque detection device, dental plaque detection method, and recording medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305927 A1Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Dental imaging system and image analysis8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305928 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- User interfaces for electrosurgical tools in robotic surgical systems1,715US 8,418,073 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2013
- System and method for augmentation of endoscopic surgery1,240US 5,417,210 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1995
- Processor for electronic endoscope and electronic endoscope apparatus1,107US 9,332,890 B2Hoya Corporation · 2016
- Torque compensation1,065US 9,675,354 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2017
- Medical device comprising alignment systems for bringing two portions into alignment1,018US 8,657,175 B2Medigus Ltd. · 2014