A61B 1/00068
Valve switch arrangements
Official title: {Valve switch arrangements}
A61B1/00068 (Valve switch arrangements) appears on 323 US grants and 484 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 323
- Published applications
- 484
- Assignees
- 149
- Inventors
- 705
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2020 | 17 | 34 |
| 2021 | 12 | 39 |
| 2022 | 21 | 32 |
| 2023 | 21 | 31 |
| 2024 | 26 | 50 |
| 2025 | 36 | 65 |
| 2026 | 21 | 30 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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.
- 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.
- Cleaning adapter with and without safety tag1 Sep 2026US 12,721,502 B2Medivators Inc.
- Lavage and cleansing system and method25 Aug 2026US 12,714,298 B2Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
- Endoscopy device having enhanced fluid control mechanisms8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305913 A1Evoendo, Inc.
- Endoscopy device having enhanced electrical control system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294228 A1Evoendo, Inc.
- Novel suction valve24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283447 A1Ga Health Company Limited
- Cleaning adaptor for an endoscope24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283455 A1Meditech Endoscopy Ltd
- Endoscope valves10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262921 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Endoscope apparatus319US 5,575,756 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1996
- Cleaning tube apparatus for endoscope250US 5,630,795 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1997
- Air and liquid supplying device for endoscopes228US 4,552,130 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1985
- Body cavity pressure adjusting device for endoscope and laser medical treatment apparatus including body cavity pressure adjusting device175US 4,971,034 AAsahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1990
- Latching trumpet valve for medical infusions169US 5,228,646 A1993