A61B 1/00103
Designed for single use
Official title: {designed for single use}
A61B1/00103 (Designed for single use) appears on 409 US grants and 673 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 409
- Published applications
- 673
- Assignees
- 215
- Inventors
- 949
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 |
| 2005 | 3 | 10 |
| 2006 | 2 | 11 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | 6 | 13 |
| 2010 | 1 | 11 |
| 2011 | 6 | 8 |
| 2012 | 5 | 11 |
| 2013 | 8 | 11 |
| 2014 | 9 | 22 |
| 2015 | 8 | 19 |
| 2016 | 15 | 29 |
| 2017 | 13 | 31 |
| 2018 | 18 | 43 |
| 2019 | 29 | 41 |
| 2020 | 34 | 60 |
| 2021 | 29 | 54 |
| 2022 | 34 | 61 |
| 2023 | 44 | 64 |
| 2024 | 36 | 71 |
| 2025 | 61 | 48 |
| 2026 | 33 | 41 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Disposable endoscope drive6 Oct 2026US 12,751,602 B2Covidien LP
- Endoscope package system, manufacturing method of endoscope, and holding body29 Sep 2026US 12,745,895 B2Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Wireless endoscope22 Sep 2026US 12,740,689 B2Treble Innovations, LLC
- Methods and systems for upgradable video medical device system8 Sep 2026US 12,727,754 B2Verathon Inc.
- Systems and methods for robotic bronchoscopy18 Aug 2026US 12,708,461 B2Noah Medical Corporation
- Relay adapter and insertion instrument system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294218 A1Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Endoscope system and adapter1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294219 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
- Endoscope, base module and handling module for an endoscope, sterile single-use product, system, and method for providing an endoscope24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283449 A1KARL STORZ GmbH&Co.KG
- Endoscope and operation section for endoscope17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272272 A1Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Video Laryngoscopy Apparatuses and Methods for Using Same10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262929 A1The Regents of the University of California
Most cited
By later US patents
- Robotic endoscope1,530US 6,835,173 B2SciMed Life Systems, Inc. · 2004
- Robotic endoscope with wireless interface1,461US 6,770,027 B2SciMed Life Systems, Inc. · 2004
- Low-cost semi-disposable endoscope399US 4,919,112 ASchott Fiber Optics, Inc. · 1990
- Method and apparatus for hysteroscopy and endometrial biopsy170US 8,460,182 B2EndoSee Corporaton · 2013
- Robotic endoscope with wireless interface167US 7,097,615 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. · 2006