A61B 1/00177
For 90 degrees side-viewing
Official title: {for 90 degrees side-viewing}
A61B1/00177 (For 90 degrees side-viewing) appears on 429 US grants and 595 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 429
- Published applications
- 595
- Assignees
- 230
- Inventors
- 1,000
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 7 | 2 |
| 2002 | 5 | 6 |
| 2003 | 7 | 5 |
| 2004 | 4 | 7 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 13 |
| 2007 | 1 | 24 |
| 2008 | 4 | 14 |
| 2009 | 5 | 19 |
| 2010 | 8 | 25 |
| 2011 | 6 | 25 |
| 2012 | 14 | 18 |
| 2013 | 13 | 27 |
| 2014 | 21 | 31 |
| 2015 | 11 | 26 |
| 2016 | 12 | 30 |
| 2017 | 22 | 37 |
| 2018 | 22 | 30 |
| 2019 | 28 | 37 |
| 2020 | 30 | 41 |
| 2021 | 27 | 27 |
| 2022 | 28 | 36 |
| 2023 | 29 | 36 |
| 2024 | 24 | 29 |
| 2025 | 26 | 32 |
| 2026 | 10 | 15 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Broadband, freeform focusing micro optics for side-viewing imaging catheters8 Sep 2026US 12,727,743 B2The Regents of the University of California
- Pannable endoscope14 Jul 2026US 12,678,038 B2Psip2 LLC
- Endoscopy device and endoscopy system with annular view26 May 2026US 12,635,863 B2KARL STORZ GmbH&Co.KG
- Intraoral scanner with optical system for minimizing stray light19 May 2026US 12,631,862 B23Shape A/S
- Imaging apparatus and method which utilizes multidirectional field of view endoscopy28 Apr 2026US 12,611,089 B2The General Hospital Corporation
- Medical device kit with endoscope accessory20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240414 A1GI Scientific, LLC
- Intraoral scanner with optical system for minimizing stray light16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202652 A13Shape A/S
- Multi-camera endoscope2 Jul 2026US 2026/0182828 A1EndoChoice, Inc.
- Infinitely variable combined rotary tissue retractor, camera holder, and air or fluid delivery device for a videoscope or endoscope25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174317 A1
- Medical system with a medical scope including serialized and deserialized data transmission7 May 2026US 2026/0123824 A1KARL STORZ GmbH&Co.KG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Retrograde instrument1,626US 8,551,076 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2013
- Endoscope having detachable imaging device and method of using1,115US 8,182,422 B2Avantis Medical Systems, Inc. · 2012
- Methods and systems for real-time structured light depth extraction and endoscope using real-time structured light depth extraction607US 6,503,195 B1The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · 2003
- Endoscope with expansible cuff member and operation section411US 4,224,929 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1980
- Optical coherence domain reflectometry guidewire408US 6,175,669 B1The Regents of the Universtiy of California · 2001