A61B 1/00096
Optical elements
Official title: {Optical elements}
A61B1/00096 (Optical elements) appears on 2,247 US grants and 3,068 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,247
- Published applications
- 3,068
- Assignees
- 682
- Inventors
- 3,787
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2004 | 15 | 33 |
| 2005 | 27 | 41 |
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| 2007 | 17 | 69 |
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| 2020 | 192 | 277 |
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| 2023 | 158 | 206 |
| 2024 | 176 | 155 |
| 2025 | 152 | 141 |
| 2026 | 76 | 80 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Illumination sources for multicore fiber endoscopes29 Sep 2026US 12,745,900 B2Zsquare Ltd.
- Endoscopic system with electrical bridge in distal tip22 Sep 2026US 12,740,692 B2Karl Storz Endovision, Inc.
- Endoscope having a nozzle element for cleaning a lens element15 Sep 2026US 12,733,791 B2Hoya Corporation
- Minimally invasive optical forward viewing probe15 Sep 2026US 12,733,792 B2Clee Medical SA
- Endoscope, distal end structural member provided at distal end portion of endoscope, and method for manufacturing distal end structural member provided at distal end portion of endoscope1 Sep 2026US 12,721,500 B2Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Retrograde tethered capsule endomicroscopy systems and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305925 A1The General Hospital Corporation
- System and endoscope system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294210 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
- Endoscope, distal end structural member provided at distal end portion of endoscope, and method for manufacturing distal end structural member provided at distal end portion of endoscope1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294214 A1Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Adapter1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294217 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
- Multi-Spectral Imaging System Including a Multi-Illuminant Light Source and a Single Chip Camera Head and Imaging Method24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283454 A1KARL STORZ Imaging, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Image sensor and an endoscope using the same1,237US 6,659,940 B2C2Cure, Inc. · 2003
- Method and apparatus for optical imaging with means for controlling the longitudinal range of the sample1,199US 5,321,501 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1994
- Methods and apparatus for forward-directed optical scanning instruments1,184US 6,485,413 B1The General Hospital Corporation · 2002
- Method and apparatus for performing optical measurements using a fiber optic imaging guidewire, catheter or endoscope1,079US 6,134,003 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 2000
- Method and apparatus for performing optical measurements1,018US 5,459,570 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1995