A61B 1/044
For absorption imaging
Official title: {for absorption imaging}
A61B1/044 (For absorption imaging) appears on 393 US grants and 553 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 393
- Published applications
- 553
- Assignees
- 171
- Inventors
- 767
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 8 |
| 2008 | 0 | 6 |
| 2009 | 3 | 8 |
| 2010 | 2 | 6 |
| 2011 | 1 | 9 |
| 2012 | 8 | 17 |
| 2013 | 9 | 36 |
| 2014 | 17 | 34 |
| 2015 | 17 | 28 |
| 2016 | 26 | 70 |
| 2017 | 30 | 60 |
| 2018 | 40 | 54 |
| 2019 | 44 | 51 |
| 2020 | 48 | 34 |
| 2021 | 38 | 43 |
| 2022 | 22 | 18 |
| 2023 | 23 | 29 |
| 2024 | 37 | 21 |
| 2025 | 18 | 14 |
| 2026 | 8 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Endoscopic video system for white light and multispectral/hyperspectral imaging27 Nov 2025US 2025/0359743 A1KARL STORZ Imaging, Inc.
- Frame processing of imaging scope data for user interface presentation20 Nov 2025US 2025/0352033 A1KARL STORZ Imaging, Inc.
- Methods for Controlling Cooperative Surgical Instruments20 Nov 2025US 2025/0352276 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Compact endoscope design for three-dimensional surgical guidance9 Oct 2025US 2025/0311915 A1The Johns Hopkins University
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