A61B 1/041
Capsule endoscopes for imaging
Official title: {Capsule endoscopes for imaging}
A61B1/041 (Capsule endoscopes for imaging) appears on 1,462 US grants and 2,302 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,462
- Published applications
- 2,302
- Assignees
- 377
- Inventors
- 2,086
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2004 | 12 | 68 |
| 2005 | 18 | 107 |
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| 2023 | 54 | 67 |
| 2024 | 41 | 57 |
| 2025 | 45 | 43 |
| 2026 | 35 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Capsule endoscope, endoscope system and image correction method15 Sep 2026US 12,733,800 B2Pro-Sight Medical Technology CORP.,LTD.
- Portable automatic control system for capsule endoscopy in stomach15 Sep 2026US 12,733,801 B2Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited
- Magnetic ball calibration method and magnetic ball calibration apparatus15 Sep 2026US 12,738,402 B2Ankon Medical Technologies (Shanghai) Co., LTD.
- Estimating the adequacy of a procedure8 Sep 2026US 12,727,739 B2Given Imaging Ltd.
- Tissue capture device having fasteners with shape-changing properties1 Sep 2026US 12,721,508 B1NUtech Ventures
- Retrograde tethered capsule endomicroscopy systems and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305925 A1The General Hospital Corporation
- An ear probe for ear examination24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283457 A1Otos Health Oy
- Rapid evaporative ionisation mass spectrometry ("reims") and desorption electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry ("desi-ms") analysis of swabs and biopsy samples10 Sep 2026US 2026/0269206 A1Micromass UK Limited
- Intelligent in vivo Capsule Device with Electrodes6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224094 A1Capsovision Inc
- System and method for automatic stomach screening30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215665 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electronic endoscope apparatus with imaging unit separable therefrom1,753US 5,653,677 AFuji Photo Optical Co., Ltd. · 1997
- Insertable device and system for minimal access procedure1,731US 7,066,879 B2The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · 2006
- Robot for surgical applications1,534US 7,126,303 B2Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska · 2006
- Implantable biosensing transponder1,417US 5,833,603 ALipoMatrix Incorporated · 1998
- Vasculature and lymphatic system imaging and ablation associated with a reservoir1,082US 8,285,367 B2The Invention Science Fund I, LLC · 2012