A61B 1/00071
Insertion part of the endoscope body
Official title: {Insertion part of the endoscope body (A61B1/0055 takes precedence)}
A61B1/00071 (Insertion part of the endoscope body) appears on 6,279 US grants and 9,036 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 6,279
- Published applications
- 9,036
- Assignees
- 1,749
- Inventors
- 9,914
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | 11 | 0 |
| 1987 | 17 | 0 |
| 1988 | 26 | 0 |
| 1989 | 30 | 0 |
| 1990 | 23 | 0 |
| 1991 | 24 | 0 |
| 1992 | 13 | 0 |
| 1993 | 22 | 0 |
| 1994 | 29 | 0 |
| 1995 | 33 | 0 |
| 1996 | 28 | 0 |
| 1997 | 36 | 0 |
| 1998 | 46 | 0 |
| 1999 | 56 | 0 |
| 2000 | 32 | 0 |
| 2001 | 34 | 19 |
| 2002 | 47 | 91 |
| 2003 | 68 | 108 |
| 2004 | 56 | 109 |
| 2005 | 68 | 155 |
| 2006 | 53 | 153 |
| 2007 | 40 | 241 |
| 2008 | 41 | 262 |
| 2009 | 67 | 256 |
| 2010 | 105 | 267 |
| 2011 | 139 | 228 |
| 2012 | 144 | 267 |
| 2013 | 231 | 339 |
| 2014 | 264 | 359 |
| 2015 | 254 | 386 |
| 2016 | 207 | 446 |
| 2017 | 293 | 516 |
| 2018 | 306 | 513 |
| 2019 | 417 | 622 |
| 2020 | 432 | 681 |
| 2021 | 408 | 595 |
| 2022 | 456 | 584 |
| 2023 | 431 | 593 |
| 2024 | 506 | 477 |
| 2025 | 470 | 484 |
| 2026 | 260 | 285 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Ultrasonic attachment assembly for an endoscope6 Oct 2026US 12,751,601 B2EndoSound, Inc.
- Medical visualization and intubation systems6 Oct 2026US 12,751,606 B2Visurraga Enterprises, LLC
- Submucosal drug delivery apparatuses, systems, and methods6 Oct 2026US 12,752,079 B2Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
- Illumination sources for multicore fiber endoscopes29 Sep 2026US 12,745,900 B2Zsquare Ltd.
- Catheter placement device for urethral applications29 Sep 2026US 12,746,371 B2
- Distal tip for medical devices and related methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305914 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Fiber bragg grating for endoscopes8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305915 A1GYRUS ACMI INC. (d.b.a.Olympus Surgical Technologies America)
- Large bore suction overtube8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305924 A1
- Retrograde tethered capsule endomicroscopy systems and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305925 A1The General Hospital Corporation
- Ureteroscope devices and systems having a selectively extendable distal portion8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305929 A1C. R. Bard, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical device for stapling and fastening body tissues2,489US 5,395,030 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1995
- Endoscopic surgery apparatus2,420US 6,352,503 B1Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 2002
- Flexible endoscopic surgical instrument for invagination and fundoplication2,263US 6,086,600 ASymbiosis Corporation · 2000
- Endoscope shaft with slotted tube2,127US 6,749,560 B1Circon Corporation · 2004
- Protective endoscope sheath and method of installing same2,091US 4,646,722 AOpielab, Inc. · 1987