A61B 1/009
With bending or curvature detection of the insertion part
Official title: {with bending or curvature detection of the insertion part}
A61B1/009 (With bending or curvature detection of the insertion part) appears on 444 US grants and 647 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 444
- Published applications
- 647
- Assignees
- 123
- Inventors
- 645
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 3 |
| 2002 | 3 | 5 |
| 2003 | 5 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 8 |
| 2005 | 4 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 5 |
| 2007 | 2 | 12 |
| 2008 | 3 | 16 |
| 2009 | 0 | 13 |
| 2010 | 8 | 11 |
| 2011 | 5 | 27 |
| 2012 | 14 | 19 |
| 2013 | 16 | 36 |
| 2014 | 24 | 27 |
| 2015 | 16 | 25 |
| 2016 | 20 | 39 |
| 2017 | 17 | 43 |
| 2018 | 18 | 36 |
| 2019 | 26 | 31 |
| 2020 | 35 | 56 |
| 2021 | 29 | 44 |
| 2022 | 36 | 33 |
| 2023 | 37 | 64 |
| 2024 | 51 | 35 |
| 2025 | 33 | 34 |
| 2026 | 25 | 22 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Robotic surgery system including position sensors using fiber bragg gratings1,733US 7,930,065 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2011
- Device for seeking an area of interest within a body1,661US 5,188,111 ACatheter Research, Inc. · 1993
- Apparatus for endoscopic procedures1,654US 8,647,258 B2Covidien LP · 2014
- Endoscope apparatus capable of being switched to a mode in which a curvature operating lever is returned and to a mode in which the curvature operating lever is not returned1,487US 5,658,238 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1997
- Electric bending operation device and medical treatment system including electric bending operation device1,456US 8,409,079 B2Olympus Medical Systems Corp. · 2013