A61B 1/00142
Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes
Official title: {with means for preventing contamination, e.g. by using a sanitary sheath}
A61B1/00142 (Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes) appears on 947 US grants and 1,099 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 947
- Published applications
- 1,099
- Assignees
- 446
- Inventors
- 1,875
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 23 | 0 |
| 1990 | 13 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 16 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 32 | 0 |
| 1997 | 22 | 0 |
| 1998 | 17 | 0 |
| 1999 | 18 | 0 |
| 2000 | 13 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 4 |
| 2002 | 18 | 17 |
| 2003 | 14 | 14 |
| 2004 | 10 | 25 |
| 2005 | 16 | 26 |
| 2006 | 8 | 33 |
| 2007 | 3 | 31 |
| 2008 | 5 | 36 |
| 2009 | 4 | 28 |
| 2010 | 17 | 30 |
| 2011 | 8 | 46 |
| 2012 | 15 | 30 |
| 2013 | 26 | 42 |
| 2014 | 30 | 36 |
| 2015 | 31 | 67 |
| 2016 | 28 | 57 |
| 2017 | 33 | 49 |
| 2018 | 38 | 61 |
| 2019 | 36 | 66 |
| 2020 | 56 | 83 |
| 2021 | 56 | 69 |
| 2022 | 47 | 71 |
| 2023 | 46 | 60 |
| 2024 | 54 | 48 |
| 2025 | 59 | 44 |
| 2026 | 29 | 26 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Endoscope package system, manufacturing method of endoscope, and holding body29 Sep 2026US 12,745,895 B2Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Air speculum29 Sep 2026US 12,745,903 B2Ivy Next Ltd.
- Wireless oximeter probe with elongated tube22 Sep 2026US 12,740,730 B2ViOptix, Inc.
- Siphon protection and infection prevention of air-water tube end connector8 Sep 2026US 12,727,741 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Cleaning adapter with and without safety tag1 Sep 2026US 12,721,502 B2Medivators Inc.
- 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
- Quick connect sub-assemblies for scopes27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248369 A1Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Endoscope sheath apparatuses27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248371 A1Neptune Medical Inc.
- Disposable endoscope using plastic gradient-index lens27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251896 A1
- Medical device kit with endoscope accessory20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240414 A1GI Scientific, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Protective endoscope sheath and method of installing same2,091US 4,646,722 AOpielab, Inc. · 1987
- Sterilizable endoscope with separable disposable tube assembly2,036US 5,489,256 A1996
- Endoscope having a guide tube1,775US 6,837,846 B2Neo Guide Systems, Inc. · 2005
- Sterilizable endoscope with separable auxiliary assembly1,770US 5,630,782 A1997
- Endoscope assemblies having working channels with reduced bending and stretching resistance1,705US 7,056,284 B2Vision Sciences, Inc. · 2006