A61B 1/00156
Using self propulsion
Official title: {using self propulsion}
A61B1/00156 (Using self propulsion) appears on 272 US grants and 387 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 272
- Published applications
- 387
- Assignees
- 139
- Inventors
- 573
- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 7 |
| 2003 | 3 | 12 |
| 2004 | 9 | 10 |
| 2005 | 5 | 17 |
| 2006 | 7 | 13 |
| 2007 | 2 | 28 |
| 2008 | 3 | 24 |
| 2009 | 8 | 17 |
| 2010 | 9 | 19 |
| 2011 | 18 | 24 |
| 2012 | 17 | 25 |
| 2013 | 13 | 24 |
| 2014 | 29 | 18 |
| 2015 | 9 | 23 |
| 2016 | 10 | 15 |
| 2017 | 15 | 20 |
| 2018 | 22 | 10 |
| 2019 | 8 | 12 |
| 2020 | 14 | 17 |
| 2021 | 11 | 8 |
| 2022 | 7 | 10 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11 |
| 2024 | 10 | 11 |
| 2025 | 5 | 8 |
| 2026 | 5 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method and apparatus for instrument propulsion28 Jul 2026US 12,690,757 B2Endogene Limited
- Locomotion system for a medical device23 Jun 2026US 12,660,993 B2Queen Mary University of London
- Drive trains for toroidal vehicles powered by direct-current motors9 Jun 2026US 12,648,684 B2
- Ingestible device with propulsion17 Feb 2026US 12,551,093 B2Given Imaging Ltd.
- Robotic device10 Feb 2026US 12,543,930 B2King's College London
- Intelligent in vivo Capsule Device with Electrodes6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224094 A1Capsovision Inc
- Thrombus removal systems and associated methods9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191545 A1
- Flexible power transmission for a robotic pull endoscope19 Mar 2026US 2026/0076531 A1The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate
- Autonomous navigation and intervention in the gastrointestinal tract9 Oct 2025US 2025/0312112 A1The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate
- Ingestible device with propulsion and imaging capabilities2 Oct 2025US 2025/0302456 A1Endiatx, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Steerable catheter1,218US 4,838,859 A1989
- Rotate-to-advance catheterization system1,027US 9,907,456 B2Olympus Corporation · 2018
- Remote-controllable, micro-scale device for use in in vivo medical diagnosis and/or treatment673US 6,240,312 B12001
- Endoscope586US 8,795,159 B2Olympus Medical Systems Corp. · 2014
- Robotic endoscopy482US 5,662,587 ACalifornia Institute of Technology · 1997