A61B 1/043
For fluorescence imaging
Official title: {for fluorescence imaging}
A61B1/043 (For fluorescence imaging) appears on 1,373 US grants and 1,981 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,373
- Published applications
- 1,981
- Assignees
- 441
- Inventors
- 2,342
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 9 |
| 2002 | 16 | 36 |
| 2003 | 20 | 21 |
| 2004 | 11 | 25 |
| 2005 | 14 | 31 |
| 2006 | 7 | 29 |
| 2007 | 13 | 41 |
| 2008 | 11 | 48 |
| 2009 | 16 | 68 |
| 2010 | 19 | 79 |
| 2011 | 29 | 58 |
| 2012 | 53 | 76 |
| 2013 | 53 | 89 |
| 2014 | 58 | 62 |
| 2015 | 57 | 91 |
| 2016 | 61 | 63 |
| 2017 | 41 | 82 |
| 2018 | 52 | 86 |
| 2019 | 74 | 115 |
| 2020 | 88 | 203 |
| 2021 | 93 | 126 |
| 2022 | 116 | 127 |
| 2023 | 122 | 131 |
| 2024 | 136 | 117 |
| 2025 | 104 | 111 |
| 2026 | 56 | 57 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Pulsed illumination in a hyperspectral, fluorescence and laser mapping imaging system29 Sep 2026US 12,748,209 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Imaging system22 Sep 2026US 12,742,733 B2Sony Group Corporation
- Broadband, freeform focusing micro optics for side-viewing imaging catheters8 Sep 2026US 12,727,743 B2The Regents of the University of California
- Medical observation system, medical imaging device and imaging method8 Sep 2026US 12,727,749 B2Olympus Corporation
- Method and apparatus for quantitative and depth resolved hyperspectral fluorescence and reflectance imaging for surgical guidance8 Sep 2026US 12,727,799 B2Trustees of Dartmouth College
- Medical optical system, data processing system, computer program, and non-volatile computer-readable storage medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305912 A1Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
- Dental plaque detection device, dental plaque detection method, and recording medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305927 A1Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Optical fiber waveguide in an endoscopic system for hyperspectral, fluorescence, and laser mapping imaging8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306023 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Efficient and interactive bleeding detection in a surgical system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294208 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Multi-Spectral Imaging System Including a Multi-Illuminant Light Source and a Single Chip Camera Head and Imaging Method24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283454 A1KARL STORZ Imaging, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automated surgical system and apparatus2,024US 5,368,015 A1994
- Methods and apparatus for forward-directed optical scanning instruments1,184US 6,485,413 B1The General Hospital Corporation · 2002
- Vasculature and lymphatic system imaging and ablation associated with a reservoir1,082US 8,285,367 B2The Invention Science Fund I, LLC · 2012
- Use of laser light and red-green-blue coloration to determine properties of back scattered light532US 11,100,631 B2Cilag GmbH International · 2021
- Medical imaging, diagnosis, and therapy using a scanning single optical fiber system524US 6,975,898 B2University of Washington · 2005