A61B 1/00165
With light-conductive means
Official title: {with light-conductive means, e.g. fibre optics (A61B1/07 takes precedence)}
A61B1/00165 (With light-conductive means) appears on 1,434 US grants and 1,724 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,434
- Published applications
- 1,724
- Assignees
- 632
- Inventors
- 2,874
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 9 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 16 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 11 | 8 |
| 2002 | 15 | 21 |
| 2003 | 18 | 18 |
| 2004 | 10 | 22 |
| 2005 | 13 | 37 |
| 2006 | 12 | 27 |
| 2007 | 12 | 51 |
| 2008 | 14 | 81 |
| 2009 | 14 | 61 |
| 2010 | 29 | 60 |
| 2011 | 33 | 43 |
| 2012 | 37 | 67 |
| 2013 | 51 | 87 |
| 2014 | 56 | 101 |
| 2015 | 50 | 98 |
| 2016 | 66 | 87 |
| 2017 | 73 | 108 |
| 2018 | 63 | 104 |
| 2019 | 83 | 87 |
| 2020 | 74 | 125 |
| 2021 | 75 | 100 |
| 2022 | 104 | 80 |
| 2023 | 64 | 88 |
| 2024 | 81 | 78 |
| 2025 | 69 | 57 |
| 2026 | 31 | 28 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- System, method and computer program for a scientific or surgical imaging system, scientific or surgical imaging system6 Oct 2026US 12,751,608 B2Leica Instruments (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- Illumination sources for multicore fiber endoscopes29 Sep 2026US 12,745,900 B2Zsquare Ltd.
- Infrared otoscope for characterization of effusion15 Sep 2026US 12,733,814 B2OtoNexus Medical Technologies, Inc.
- Broadband, freeform focusing micro optics for side-viewing imaging catheters8 Sep 2026US 12,727,743 B2The Regents of the University of California
- Method and apparatus for quantitative and depth resolved hyperspectral fluorescence and reflectance imaging for surgical guidance8 Sep 2026US 12,727,799 B2Trustees of Dartmouth College
- Medical device inspection scope3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256345 A1Clarus Medical, LLC
- 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.
- Quick connect sub-assemblies for scopes27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248369 A1Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Fiber Optic Medical Systems and Devices with Electrical Tip27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248455 A1Bard Access Systems, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical device for stapling and fastening body tissues2,489US 5,395,030 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1995
- Dispensing catheter and method1,832US 4,900,303 A1990
- Sterilizable endoscope with separable auxiliary assembly1,770US 5,630,782 A1997
- Minimally invasive surgical system1,355US 7,725,214 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2010
- Robotic instrument systems and methods utilizing optical fiber sensor1,319US 9,186,046 B2Koninklijke Philips Electronics N. V. · 2015