A61B 1/0125
Endoscope within endoscope
Official title: {Endoscope within endoscope}
A61B1/0125 (Endoscope within endoscope) appears on 161 US grants and 302 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 161
- Published applications
- 302
- Assignees
- 99
- Inventors
- 509
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
Filings by year
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| 2006 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 6 |
| 2008 | 0 | 5 |
| 2009 | 1 | 11 |
| 2010 | 0 | 10 |
| 2011 | 2 | 8 |
| 2012 | 3 | 10 |
| 2013 | 9 | 23 |
| 2014 | 9 | 18 |
| 2015 | 10 | 24 |
| 2016 | 4 | 13 |
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| 2020 | 11 | 22 |
| 2021 | 8 | 20 |
| 2022 | 18 | 17 |
| 2023 | 9 | 14 |
| 2024 | 14 | 21 |
| 2025 | 21 | 25 |
| 2026 | 6 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Connected medical devices16 Jun 2026US 12,653,388 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Medical systems, devices, and related methods thereof26 May 2026US 12,636,028 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Insertion-instrument bending operation mechanism and insertion instrument19 May 2026US 12,629,007 B2Olympus Corporation
- Anti-fouling endoscopes and uses thereof14 Apr 2026US 12,600,865 B2Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.
- Device delivery tools and systems17 Mar 2026US 12,575,717 B2GI Scientific, LLC
- Medical devices with sensing capabilites20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240422 A1GYRUS ACMI INC. (d.b.a.Olympus Surgical Technologies America)
- Connecting devices and endoscope connecting systems2 Apr 2026US 2026/0090700 A1Jiangsu Vedkang Medical Science and Technology Co., Ltd.
- Integrated multi-functional endoscopic tool26 Mar 2026US 2026/0083345 A1Covidien LP
- Medical devices and systems for cutting tissue12 Feb 2026US 2026/0041313 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Device to access peripheral regions of lung for direct visualisation with tool attachment12 Feb 2026US 2026/0041457 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Endoscope having multiple working segments1,692US 7,029,435 B2Granit Medical Innovation, Inc. · 2006
- Apparatus for removing a foreign matter having individually operable trapping and flexing wires, a central channel for illumination, suction and injection and a laterally disposed bore for feeding fluids326US 4,198,960 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1980
- Bronchoscope with small gauge viewing attachment182US 4,586,491 AWarner Lambert Technologies, Inc. · 1986
- Apparatus and methods for performing minimally-invasive surgical procedures150US 8,932,208 B2Maquet Cardiovascular LLC · 2015
- Medical visualization system with endoscope and mounted catheter148US 7,922,650 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. · 2011