A61B 1/00188
With focusing or zooming features
Official title: {with focusing or zooming features}
A61B1/00188 (With focusing or zooming features) appears on 1,029 US grants and 1,238 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,029
- Published applications
- 1,238
- Assignees
- 367
- Inventors
- 1,832
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2023 | 67 | 47 |
| 2024 | 67 | 53 |
| 2025 | 47 | 56 |
| 2026 | 32 | 22 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Stereoscopic assembly, surgical microscope with stereoscopic assembly, and surgical set6 Oct 2026US 12,754,406 B2Schoelly Fiberoptic GmbH
- Optical assemblies for endoscopic stereo visualization29 Sep 2026US 12,745,897 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Air speculum15 Sep 2026US 12,733,802 B2Ivy Next Ltd.
- Endoscope imaging device and endoscope in which drive malfunction of lens drive unit is suppressed15 Sep 2026US 12,736,797 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Beam-shaping lens, beam-shaping element, light source device for an endoscope, and endoscope8 Sep 2026US 12,727,744 B2Nirec Corporation
- Method and system for oral imaging17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272278 A1
- Device for anti-fog arthroscope system13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232179 A1
- Self-adaptive endoscope working distance adjustment system and endoscopic imaging system6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224095 A1Anhui Dendrite Optical Technology Co., Ltd.
- Enhanced multicore fiber endoscopes6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224101 A1Zsquare Ltd.
- Heterogeneous Integration of Optical Elements into a Miniaturized Endoscopic System2 Jul 2026US 2026/0182824 A1Leadoptik Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Sterilizable endoscope with separable disposable tube assembly2,036US 5,489,256 A1996
- Autofocus and/or autoscaling in telesurgery1,660US 8,079,950 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2011
- Controlling a robotic surgical tool with a display monitor1,306US 8,808,164 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2014
- Surgical manipulation system1,224US 5,876,325 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1999
- Methods and apparatus for forward-directed optical scanning instruments1,184US 6,485,413 B1The General Hospital Corporation · 2002