A61B 1/00121
Connectors, fasteners and adapters
Official title: {Connectors, fasteners and adapters, e.g. on the endoscope handle}
A61B1/00121 (Connectors, fasteners and adapters) appears on 1,814 US grants and 2,649 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,814
- Published applications
- 2,649
- Assignees
- 647
- Inventors
- 3,729
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 15 | 0 |
| 1999 | 13 | 0 |
| 2000 | 16 | 0 |
| 2001 | 11 | 1 |
| 2002 | 8 | 9 |
| 2003 | 5 | 13 |
| 2004 | 12 | 12 |
| 2005 | 6 | 24 |
| 2006 | 6 | 25 |
| 2007 | 6 | 36 |
| 2008 | 9 | 41 |
| 2009 | 13 | 44 |
| 2010 | 17 | 42 |
| 2011 | 20 | 54 |
| 2012 | 23 | 64 |
| 2013 | 52 | 70 |
| 2014 | 64 | 91 |
| 2015 | 50 | 121 |
| 2016 | 65 | 148 |
| 2017 | 76 | 175 |
| 2018 | 101 | 160 |
| 2019 | 127 | 151 |
| 2020 | 135 | 210 |
| 2021 | 126 | 221 |
| 2022 | 131 | 170 |
| 2023 | 165 | 226 |
| 2024 | 190 | 203 |
| 2025 | 144 | 182 |
| 2026 | 119 | 156 |
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)
- 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
- System and endoscope system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294210 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
- Otoscope suction adapter for removing foreign objects and debris from the ear canal and nasal passage1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294212 A1
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
- 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
- Display of alignment of staple cartridge to prior linear staple line540US 11,026,751 B2Cilag GmbH International · 2021