A61B 1/0011
Manufacturing of endoscope parts
Official title: {Manufacturing of endoscope parts}
A61B1/0011 (Manufacturing of endoscope parts) appears on 1,066 US grants and 1,567 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,066
- Published applications
- 1,567
- Assignees
- 361
- Inventors
- 2,040
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2003 | 8 | 5 |
| 2004 | 3 | 10 |
| 2005 | 5 | 17 |
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| 2007 | 4 | 18 |
| 2008 | 4 | 25 |
| 2009 | 4 | 30 |
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| 2012 | 7 | 30 |
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| 2014 | 37 | 76 |
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| 2019 | 70 | 97 |
| 2020 | 82 | 148 |
| 2021 | 74 | 144 |
| 2022 | 86 | 104 |
| 2023 | 92 | 129 |
| 2024 | 115 | 100 |
| 2025 | 79 | 101 |
| 2026 | 64 | 57 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Endoscope handle with frame29 Sep 2026US 12,745,898 B2Ambu A/S
- Multi-directional dental suction-mirror tool29 Sep 2026US 12,746,103 B2Rndent IP Ltd.
- Devices, systems, and methods for providing sealable access to a working channel22 Sep 2026US 12,740,691 B2Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
- Broadband, freeform focusing micro optics for side-viewing imaging catheters8 Sep 2026US 12,727,743 B2The Regents of the University of California
- Image pickup unit, method of manufacturing image pickup unit, and endoscope8 Sep 2026US 12,732,683 B2Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Distal tip for medical devices and related methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305914 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Endoscope8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305921 A1Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Retrograde tethered capsule endomicroscopy systems and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305925 A1The General Hospital 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.
- Endoscope and method for manufacturing endoscope1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294223 A1Kaneka Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Bendable portion of an insertion tube of an endoscope and method of producing it1,554US 7,766,821 B2Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH · 2010
- Endoscope1,018US 9,829,698 B2Panasonic Corporation · 2017
- Sheath and method for reconfiguring lung viewing scope495US 6,585,639 B1Pulmonx Corporation · 2003
- Antiglare tip in a sheath for an endoscope365US 5,193,525 AVision Sciences, Inc. · 1993
- Structure of the distal end portion of an endoscope328US 5,427,087 AAsahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1995