A61B 1/00126
Optical
Official title: {optical, e.g. for light supply cables}
A61B1/00126 (Optical) appears on 515 US grants and 606 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 515
- Published applications
- 606
- Assignees
- 208
- Inventors
- 1,120
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 0 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 |
| 2003 | 1 | 7 |
| 2004 | 6 | 4 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4 |
| 2006 | 1 | 7 |
| 2007 | 2 | 12 |
| 2008 | 3 | 10 |
| 2009 | 6 | 10 |
| 2010 | 5 | 10 |
| 2011 | 6 | 16 |
| 2012 | 8 | 16 |
| 2013 | 14 | 20 |
| 2014 | 18 | 14 |
| 2015 | 11 | 19 |
| 2016 | 15 | 30 |
| 2017 | 17 | 44 |
| 2018 | 23 | 41 |
| 2019 | 22 | 28 |
| 2020 | 32 | 66 |
| 2021 | 36 | 57 |
| 2022 | 36 | 32 |
| 2023 | 42 | 66 |
| 2024 | 54 | 37 |
| 2025 | 36 | 28 |
| 2026 | 25 | 23 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Wireless oximeter probe with elongated tube22 Sep 2026US 12,740,730 B2ViOptix, Inc.
- Minimally invasive optical forward viewing probe15 Sep 2026US 12,733,792 B2Clee Medical SA
- Fiberoptic cable safety devices18 Aug 2026US 12,710,580 B2University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
- Endoscopic camera coupler11 Aug 2026US 12,702,275 B2Stryker Corporation
- Relay adapter and insertion instrument system7 Jul 2026US 12,672,761 B2Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Image processing adapter for endoscope8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305916 A1GYRUS ACMI INC. (d.b.a.Olympus Surgical Technologies America)
- Adapter1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294217 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
- Relay adapter and insertion instrument system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294218 A1Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Remote imaging system for medical endoscopic system for viewing a target27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248364 A1Axess Vision Technology
- Endoscope and method of disassembling endoscope27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248368 A1Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Endoscope apparatus319US 5,575,756 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1996
- Methods and devices for facilitating visualization in a surgical environment277US 7,559,925 B2Acclarent, Inc. · 2009
- Autofluorescence imaging system for endoscopy207US 6,364,829 B1Newton Laboratories, Inc. · 2002
- Optical catheter196US 4,782,819 A1988
- Surgical visualization and monitoring193US 11,369,366 B2Cilag GmbH International · 2022