A61B 1/00158
Using magnetic field
Official title: {using magnetic field}
A61B1/00158 (Using magnetic field) appears on 453 US grants and 699 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 453
- Published applications
- 699
- Assignees
- 180
- Inventors
- 850
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2001 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 5 |
| 2003 | 4 | 13 |
| 2004 | 6 | 13 |
| 2005 | 5 | 34 |
| 2006 | 8 | 13 |
| 2007 | 5 | 42 |
| 2008 | 4 | 31 |
| 2009 | 9 | 39 |
| 2010 | 18 | 43 |
| 2011 | 27 | 42 |
| 2012 | 35 | 33 |
| 2013 | 43 | 42 |
| 2014 | 33 | 32 |
| 2015 | 23 | 35 |
| 2016 | 17 | 31 |
| 2017 | 14 | 34 |
| 2018 | 30 | 29 |
| 2019 | 27 | 29 |
| 2020 | 19 | 33 |
| 2021 | 23 | 33 |
| 2022 | 12 | 22 |
| 2023 | 30 | 19 |
| 2024 | 20 | 20 |
| 2025 | 16 | 24 |
| 2026 | 11 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Portable automatic control system for capsule endoscopy in stomach15 Sep 2026US 12,733,801 B2Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited
- Magnetic ball calibration method and magnetic ball calibration apparatus15 Sep 2026US 12,738,402 B2Ankon Medical Technologies (Shanghai) Co., LTD.
- Optical unit and endoscope25 Aug 2026US 12,714,292 B2Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Measurement device14 Jul 2026US 12,680,885 B2Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Shielding device, and magnetic control capsule endoscope system7 Jul 2026US 12,672,767 B2Ankon Medical Technologies (Shanghai) Co., LTD.
- Medical access systems and methods27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248567 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- System and method for automatic stomach screening30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215665 A1
- Control device, endoscope system, and position detection method23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207034 A1Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Steerable device for use inside of a mammalian body7 May 2026US 2026/0124431 A1ETH Zurich
- Continuum manipulator and system comprising such16 Apr 2026US 2026/0102588 A1Universiteit Twente
Most cited
By later US patents
- Sterilizable endoscope with separable disposable tube assembly2,036US 5,489,256 A1996
- Sterilizable endoscope with separable auxiliary assembly1,770US 5,630,782 A1997
- Self-steering endoscopic device1,419US 8,444,549 B2Covidien LP · 2013
- Medical camera system509US 4,278,077 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1981
- Guiding apparatus for guiding an insertable body within an inspected object456US 5,681,260 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1997