A61B 1/00052
Positioned at proximal end of the endoscope body
Official title: {positioned at proximal end of the endoscope body}
A61B1/00052 (Positioned at proximal end of the endoscope body) appears on 403 US grants and 623 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 403
- Published applications
- 623
- Assignees
- 241
- Inventors
- 966
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 6 | 6 |
| 2003 | 3 | 11 |
| 2004 | 5 | 6 |
| 2005 | 6 | 7 |
| 2006 | 5 | 7 |
| 2007 | 3 | 17 |
| 2008 | 3 | 15 |
| 2009 | 2 | 18 |
| 2010 | 3 | 9 |
| 2011 | 4 | 24 |
| 2012 | 11 | 24 |
| 2013 | 13 | 33 |
| 2014 | 30 | 29 |
| 2015 | 14 | 30 |
| 2016 | 13 | 33 |
| 2017 | 23 | 32 |
| 2018 | 24 | 40 |
| 2019 | 21 | 40 |
| 2020 | 30 | 35 |
| 2021 | 25 | 34 |
| 2022 | 20 | 34 |
| 2023 | 35 | 41 |
| 2024 | 25 | 35 |
| 2025 | 34 | 45 |
| 2026 | 26 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Medical visualization and intubation systems6 Oct 2026US 12,751,606 B2Visurraga Enterprises, LLC
- Motor control for disposable steerable endoscope6 Oct 2026US 12,751,611 B2Covidien LP
- Wireless oximeter probe with elongated tube22 Sep 2026US 12,740,730 B2ViOptix, Inc.
- Endoscope with disposable camera shaft and reuseable handle11 Aug 2026US 12,702,273 B2Psip2 LLC
- Placing and removing surgical stents11 Aug 2026US 12,702,573 B2MicronVision Corp.
- Remote imaging system for medical endoscopic system for viewing a target27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248364 A1Axess Vision Technology
- Ear Cleaning Arrangement20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240687 A1
- Endotracheal intubation guide device and endotracheal intubation guide system20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241130 A1Seoul National University Hospital
- Oral imaging device and system thereof30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215672 A1Guangzhou Stars Pulse Co., Ltd.
- Endoscopic Surgical System16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198761 A1Moskowitz Family LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Endoscope apparatus having an internal channel1,503US 7,179,223 B2Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 2007
- System and method for endoscopic imaging and endosurgery1,303US 5,928,137 A1999
- System and method for endoscopic imaging and endosurgery1,248US 6,221,007 B12001
- System and method for multi-instrument surgical access using a single access port1,131US 8,518,024 B2TransEnterix, Inc. · 2013
- Sterile encapsulated endoscopic video monitor857US 5,812,188 A1998