A61B 1/00073
With externally grooved shaft
Official title: {with externally grooved shaft}
A61B1/00073 (With externally grooved shaft) appears on 196 US grants and 257 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 196
- Published applications
- 257
- Assignees
- 102
- Inventors
- 360
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 4 |
| 2003 | 2 | 7 |
| 2004 | 1 | 4 |
| 2005 | 3 | 5 |
| 2006 | 4 | 9 |
| 2007 | 1 | 12 |
| 2008 | 1 | 8 |
| 2009 | 2 | 9 |
| 2010 | 8 | 4 |
| 2011 | 3 | 9 |
| 2012 | 6 | 8 |
| 2013 | 3 | 18 |
| 2014 | 16 | 16 |
| 2015 | 10 | 12 |
| 2016 | 10 | 16 |
| 2017 | 9 | 11 |
| 2018 | 6 | 16 |
| 2019 | 19 | 12 |
| 2020 | 10 | 19 |
| 2021 | 6 | 16 |
| 2022 | 11 | 21 |
| 2023 | 16 | 5 |
| 2024 | 18 | 5 |
| 2025 | 7 | 6 |
| 2026 | 1 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Endoscope attachment mechanisms and methods of use18 Aug 2026US 12,708,251 B2Resnent, LLC
- Multi-directionally guided endoscope19 Aug 2025US 12,390,094 B2Hunan Vathin Medical Instrument Co., Ltd.
- Disposable uterine endoscope12 Aug 2025US 12,383,122 B2Jiangsu Jiyuan Medical Technology Co., Ltd
- Protective sleeve10 Jun 2025US 12,324,564 B2Lohmann & Rauscher GmbH & Co. KG
- Endoscope with quick-change tubes27 May 2025US 12,310,560 B2Es Endomed Solutions GmbH
- Articulating medical devices and associated components, assemblies, and methods17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272273 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Insertion tube for a medical device with slot patterns6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224096 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Bendable tube with improved elastic hinge23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207033 A1Fortimedix Assets II B.V.
- Bendable tube with improved elastic hinge12 Feb 2026US 2026/0041307 A1Fortimedix Assets II B.V.
- Steerable catheter device with video capabilities and methods of treatment using same4 Dec 2025US 2025/0366709 A1Nuvaira, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Protective endoscope sheath and method of installing same2,091US 4,646,722 AOpielab, Inc. · 1987
- Sterilizable endoscope with separable disposable tube assembly2,036US 5,489,256 A1996
- Endoscope with adjacently positioned guiding apparatus1,945US 6,984,203 B2NeoGuide Systems, Inc. · 2006
- Deformable fiberscope with a displaceable supplementary device1,820US 6,878,106 B12005
- Controllable endoscopic sheath apparatus and related method of use1,791US 6,179,776 B2SciMed Life Systems, Inc. · 2001