A61B 1/00112
Connection or coupling means
Official title: {Connection or coupling means}
A61B1/00112 (Connection or coupling means) appears on 2,379 US grants and 3,499 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,379
- Published applications
- 3,499
- Assignees
- 807
- Inventors
- 4,666
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 11 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 9 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 9 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 12 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 18 | 0 |
| 1999 | 15 | 0 |
| 2000 | 17 | 0 |
| 2001 | 12 | 1 |
| 2002 | 10 | 10 |
| 2003 | 7 | 15 |
| 2004 | 12 | 16 |
| 2005 | 7 | 31 |
| 2006 | 7 | 31 |
| 2007 | 10 | 44 |
| 2008 | 11 | 55 |
| 2009 | 15 | 61 |
| 2010 | 22 | 49 |
| 2011 | 28 | 66 |
| 2012 | 32 | 90 |
| 2013 | 64 | 98 |
| 2014 | 91 | 142 |
| 2015 | 66 | 154 |
| 2016 | 81 | 196 |
| 2017 | 106 | 233 |
| 2018 | 138 | 225 |
| 2019 | 175 | 212 |
| 2020 | 171 | 287 |
| 2021 | 178 | 288 |
| 2022 | 176 | 238 |
| 2023 | 220 | 285 |
| 2024 | 248 | 250 |
| 2025 | 184 | 229 |
| 2026 | 153 | 193 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Disposable endoscope drive6 Oct 2026US 12,751,602 B2Covidien LP
- Rotatable 3D endoscope and imaging system with integrated design of optical system and imaging unit6 Oct 2026US 12,751,603 B2Beijing Fanxing Guangdian Medical Treatment Equipment Co., Ltd.
- Medical visualization and intubation systems6 Oct 2026US 12,751,606 B2Visurraga Enterprises, LLC
- Motor control for disposable steerable endoscope6 Oct 2026US 12,751,611 B2Covidien LP
- Endoscope package system, manufacturing method of endoscope, and holding body29 Sep 2026US 12,745,895 B2Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Endoscopy device having enhanced fluid control mechanisms8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305913 A1Evoendo, Inc.
- Image processing adapter for endoscope8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305916 A1GYRUS ACMI INC. (d.b.a.Olympus Surgical Technologies America)
- Medical devices and related systems and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305920 A1Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
- Retrograde tethered capsule endomicroscopy systems and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305925 A1The General Hospital Corporation
- An insufflator, an insufflating system and a method for insufflating a cavity in the body of a human or animal subject8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306757 A1Palliare Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Tendon-driven endoscope and methods of insertion1,786US 6,858,005 B2Neo Guide Systems, Inc. · 2005
- Endoscopic surgical access devices and methods of articulating an external accessory channel1,664US 7,566,300 B2Wilson-Cook Medical Inc. · 2009
- Surgical imaging device1,451US 7,751,870 B2Power Medical Interventions, Inc. · 2010
- System and method for multi-instrument surgical access using a single access port1,131US 8,518,024 B2TransEnterix, Inc. · 2013
- Connector device for a controllable instrument1,125US 8,888,688 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2014