A61B 1/00066
Proximal part of endoscope body
Official title: {Proximal part of endoscope body, e.g. handles (A61B1/0052 takes precedence)}
A61B1/00066 (Proximal part of endoscope body) appears on 1,192 US grants and 1,877 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,192
- Published applications
- 1,877
- Assignees
- 515
- Inventors
- 2,580
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 9 | 3 |
| 2003 | 5 | 4 |
| 2004 | 6 | 9 |
| 2005 | 4 | 5 |
| 2006 | 1 | 13 |
| 2007 | 1 | 16 |
| 2008 | 3 | 19 |
| 2009 | 3 | 13 |
| 2010 | 5 | 12 |
| 2011 | 8 | 24 |
| 2012 | 13 | 43 |
| 2013 | 19 | 60 |
| 2014 | 40 | 59 |
| 2015 | 34 | 71 |
| 2016 | 39 | 96 |
| 2017 | 45 | 99 |
| 2018 | 61 | 90 |
| 2019 | 80 | 139 |
| 2020 | 76 | 161 |
| 2021 | 81 | 159 |
| 2022 | 94 | 153 |
| 2023 | 136 | 167 |
| 2024 | 140 | 172 |
| 2025 | 131 | 181 |
| 2026 | 85 | 109 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Fluid feeding and suction apparatus, endoscope system, and method of suction residue by endoscope system6 Oct 2026US 12,751,609 B2Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Wireless endoscope22 Sep 2026US 12,740,689 B2Treble Innovations, LLC
- Endoscope handle with catheter loop15 Sep 2026US 12,733,789 B2Cook Medical Technologies LLC
- Endoscope8 Sep 2026US 12,727,740 B2Ambu A/S
- Suction valve with outwardly biased shaft for an endoscope8 Sep 2026US 12,727,747 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Endoscopy device having enhanced fluid control mechanisms8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305913 A1Evoendo, Inc.
- Video endoscope with flexible tip1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294221 A1Verathon Inc.
- Image tube and endoscope1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294224 A1
- Endoscopy device having enhanced electrical control system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294228 A1Evoendo, Inc.
- Novel suction valve24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283447 A1Ga Health Company Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Insertion auxiliary implement1,117US 8,550,984 B2Olympus Corporation · 2013
- Apparatus and methods for low-cost intravascular ultrasound imaging and for crossing severe vascular occlusions1,025US 9,474,506 B2Volcano Corporation · 2016
- Endoscope apparatus319US 5,575,756 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1996
- Detachable shaft flexible endoscope282US 9,107,573 B2Karl Storz Endovision, Inc. · 2015
- Cleaning tube apparatus for endoscope250US 5,630,795 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1997