A61B 1/00183
For variable viewing angles
Official title: {for variable viewing angles}
A61B1/00183 (For variable viewing angles) appears on 525 US grants and 684 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 525
- Published applications
- 684
- Assignees
- 257
- Inventors
- 1,151
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 4 |
| 2002 | 15 | 12 |
| 2003 | 15 | 11 |
| 2004 | 5 | 10 |
| 2005 | 7 | 19 |
| 2006 | 7 | 18 |
| 2007 | 7 | 18 |
| 2008 | 9 | 26 |
| 2009 | 10 | 21 |
| 2010 | 10 | 24 |
| 2011 | 7 | 18 |
| 2012 | 14 | 23 |
| 2013 | 15 | 41 |
| 2014 | 17 | 43 |
| 2015 | 29 | 32 |
| 2016 | 25 | 37 |
| 2017 | 32 | 22 |
| 2018 | 29 | 29 |
| 2019 | 23 | 40 |
| 2020 | 30 | 41 |
| 2021 | 27 | 28 |
| 2022 | 32 | 47 |
| 2023 | 24 | 38 |
| 2024 | 32 | 30 |
| 2025 | 27 | 32 |
| 2026 | 20 | 20 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Dental mirror tool22 Sep 2026US 12,740,696 B2
- Endoscope with pivoting lighting25 Aug 2026US 12,714,297 B2Cook Medical Technologies LLC
- Techniques for controlling an imaging device11 Aug 2026US 12,702,278 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Pannable endoscope14 Jul 2026US 12,678,038 B2Psip2 LLC
- Lens module23 Jun 2026US 12,660,990 B2Hukui Biotechnology Co., Ltd.
- Cannula assembly for communicating with an augmented reality system6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224324 A1New View Medical, Inc.
- Surgical camera30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215674 A1Orvue Surgical A/S
- Systems and Methods for Using an Arthroscopic Assembly for Displaying and Selecting User Options and Parameters23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207044 A1Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
- Oral endoscopic scanning device16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198768 A1Shanghai Dian-Tai Medical Technology Co., Ltd.
- Horizontal image alignment in rotatable imaging system25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174312 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Insertable device and system for minimal access procedure1,731US 7,066,879 B2The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · 2006
- Device for intracorporal, minimal-invasive treatment of a patient1,663US 6,648,816 B2KARL STORZ GmbH&Co.KG · 2003
- Retrograde instrument1,626US 8,551,076 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2013
- Imaging system for a surgical device1,385US 8,771,169 B2Covidien LP · 2014
- System and method for endoscopic imaging and endosurgery1,303US 5,928,137 A1999