A61B 1/00013
Using optical means
Official title: {using optical means}
A61B1/00013 (Using optical means) appears on 252 US grants and 337 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 252
- Published applications
- 337
- Assignees
- 71
- Inventors
- 406
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2025 | 12 | 16 |
| 2026 | 11 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Medical imaging device and method for calibrating a medical imaging device6 Oct 2026US 12,751,607 B2KARL STORZ GmbH&Co.KG
- Systems and methods for closed-loop surgical imaging optimization25 Aug 2026US 12,714,287 B2
- Video laryngoscope and medical device wireless video transfer4 Aug 2026US 12,697,021 B2Covidien LP
- Rapid evaporative ionisation mass spectrometry (“REIMS”) and desorption electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry (“DESI-MS”) analysis of swabs and biopsy samples2 Jun 2026US 12,646,702 B2Micromass UK Limited
- Alignment of a connector interface21 Apr 2026US 12,607,807 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- System and endoscope system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294210 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
- Anti-fogging device for endoscope17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272277 A1Stryker Corporation
- Rapid evaporative ionisation mass spectrometry ("reims") and desorption electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry ("desi-ms") analysis of swabs and biopsy samples10 Sep 2026US 2026/0269206 A1Micromass UK Limited
- Remote imaging system for medical endoscopic system for viewing a target27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248364 A1Axess Vision Technology
- Self-adaptive endoscope working distance adjustment system and endoscopic imaging system6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224095 A1Anhui Dendrite Optical Technology Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Robotic instrument systems and methods utilizing optical fiber sensor1,319US 9,186,046 B2Koninklijke Philips Electronics N. V. · 2015
- Surgical visualization and monitoring193US 11,369,366 B2Cilag GmbH International · 2022
- Liquid trap or separator for electrosurgical applications134US 10,916,415 B2Micromass UK Limited · 2021
- Robotically-assisted surgical suturing systems125US 10,925,598 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2021
- Video signal transmission system for endoscope using solid state image sensor116US 4,473,841 AFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. · 1984