A61B 1/005
Flexible endoscopes
A61B1/005 (Flexible endoscopes) appears on 4,256 US grants and 5,975 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 4,256
- Published applications
- 5,975
- Assignees
- 1,060
- Inventors
- 6,420
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 10 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 8 | 0 |
| 1986 | 13 | 0 |
| 1987 | 13 | 0 |
| 1988 | 30 | 0 |
| 1989 | 32 | 0 |
| 1990 | 33 | 0 |
| 1991 | 29 | 0 |
| 1992 | 21 | 0 |
| 1993 | 24 | 0 |
| 1994 | 27 | 0 |
| 1995 | 33 | 0 |
| 1996 | 33 | 0 |
| 1997 | 31 | 0 |
| 1998 | 45 | 0 |
| 1999 | 58 | 0 |
| 2000 | 34 | 0 |
| 2001 | 34 | 25 |
| 2002 | 40 | 76 |
| 2003 | 56 | 68 |
| 2004 | 46 | 89 |
| 2005 | 50 | 117 |
| 2006 | 41 | 130 |
| 2007 | 28 | 167 |
| 2008 | 23 | 199 |
| 2009 | 31 | 188 |
| 2010 | 87 | 170 |
| 2011 | 97 | 184 |
| 2012 | 129 | 198 |
| 2013 | 153 | 228 |
| 2014 | 196 | 225 |
| 2015 | 171 | 233 |
| 2016 | 139 | 305 |
| 2017 | 162 | 310 |
| 2018 | 193 | 314 |
| 2019 | 249 | 363 |
| 2020 | 246 | 414 |
| 2021 | 217 | 372 |
| 2022 | 288 | 334 |
| 2023 | 250 | 408 |
| 2024 | 334 | 353 |
| 2025 | 265 | 309 |
| 2026 | 225 | 196 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Disposable endoscope drive6 Oct 2026US 12,751,602 B2Covidien LP
- Rotary knob assembly for a steerable medical device6 Oct 2026US 12,751,604 B2EndoVista, Inc.
- Medical instrument guide device and endoscope apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,751,605 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Motor control for disposable steerable endoscope6 Oct 2026US 12,751,611 B2Covidien LP
- Medical appliance6 Oct 2026US 12,751,693 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Endoscope8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305921 A1Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Actuation mechanisms for medical devices and related systems8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305922 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Endoscope using capstan principle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305923 A1Ambu A/S
- Ureteroscope devices and systems having a selectively extendable distal portion8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305929 A1C. R. Bard, Inc.
- Attachment for medical instrument and medical instrument system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294215 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Selectively orientable implantable fastener cartridge2,602US 8,393,514 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013
- Surgical instrument with articulating shaft with rigid firing bar supports2,524US 7,455,208 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2008
- Surgical tool having positively positionable tendon-actuated multi-disk wrist joint2,495US 6,817,974 B2Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 2004
- Surgical instrument incorporating a fluid transfer controlled articulation mechanism2,340US 7,559,450 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2009
- Surgical stapler having an articulation mechanism2,209US 7,909,220 B2Tyco Healthcare Group LP · 2011