A61B 1/055
Having rod-lens arrangements
Official title: having rod-lens arrangements
A61B1/055 (Having rod-lens arrangements) appears on 172 US grants and 163 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 172
- Published applications
- 163
- Assignees
- 87
- Inventors
- 330
- Latest grant
- 17 Mar 2026
Filings by year
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| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 7 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 4 | 4 |
| 2003 | 5 | 0 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 4 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 4 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 5 |
| 2012 | 1 | 4 |
| 2013 | 0 | 5 |
| 2014 | 3 | 10 |
| 2015 | 5 | 9 |
| 2016 | 8 | 3 |
| 2017 | 8 | 10 |
| 2018 | 3 | 25 |
| 2019 | 11 | 11 |
| 2020 | 18 | 17 |
| 2021 | 14 | 12 |
| 2022 | 10 | 12 |
| 2023 | 11 | 7 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and method for providing spherical viewing during endoscopic procedures418US 6,371,909 B1California Institute of Technology · 2002
- Laparoscope having means for removing image impeding material from a distal lens192US 5,207,213 ACircon Corporation · 1993
- Disposable endoscope142US 5,519,532 ALinvatec Corporation · 1996
- Endoscope138US 6,817,975 B1Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 2004
- Endoscope designs and methods of manufacture136US 7,976,462 B2Integrated Endoscopy, Inc. · 2011