A61B 1/00062
Provided with means for preventing overuse
Official title: {provided with means for preventing overuse}
A61B1/00062 (Provided with means for preventing overuse) appears on 104 US grants and 143 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 104
- Published applications
- 143
- Assignees
- 67
- Inventors
- 263
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 7 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 3 | 2 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 | 0 | 4 |
| 2011 | 2 | 6 |
| 2012 | 1 | 4 |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 |
| 2014 | 5 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 8 |
| 2016 | 3 | 9 |
| 2017 | 7 | 10 |
| 2018 | 1 | 10 |
| 2019 | 11 | 11 |
| 2020 | 10 | 12 |
| 2021 | 5 | 4 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9 |
| 2023 | 5 | 6 |
| 2024 | 4 | 8 |
| 2025 | 7 | 6 |
| 2026 | 5 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Image processing method and image processing apparatus14 Jul 2026US 12,678,026 B2Medit Corp.
- Endoscope system, endoscope, and control method for endoscope23 Jun 2026US 12,660,985 B2Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Utilization indicators for single-use valves for medical devices16 Jun 2026US 12,653,378 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Endoscope system and method of operating endoscope system2 Jun 2026US 12,642,425 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Endoscope system, image generation method, and storage medium10 Mar 2026US 12,569,115 B2Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Cordless disposable endoscope18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165559 A1Integrated Endoscopy, Inc.
- Iomt enabled endoscope status display device29 Jan 2026US 2026/0031223 A1OLYMPUS SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIES EUROPE Olympus Winter&Ibe GmbH
- Systems and methods for connecting a medical imaging device to a medical imaging controller22 Jan 2026US 2026/0020747 A1Stryker Corporation
- Image processing apparatus, diagnosis supporting method, and recording medium recording image processing program25 Dec 2025US 2025/0387004 A1Olympus Corporation
- System for monitoring usage conditions of a medical device23 Oct 2025US 2025/0325168 A1Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for counting the number of times a medical instrument has been used1,356US 5,359,993 ASymbiosis Corporation · 1994
- Electronic endoscope apparatus capable of warning lifetime of electronic scope1,329US 4,996,975 AKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba · 1991
- Apparatus for counting the number of times a surgical instrument has been used1,225US 5,313,935 ASymbiosis Corporation · 1994
- Endoscope reader1,097US 7,289,139 B2KARL STORZ Imaging, Inc. · 2007
- Endoscopic apparatus having an endoscope and a peripheral device wherein total usage of the endoscope is quantified and recorded265US 5,830,121 AAsahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1998