A61B 1/0615
For radial illumination
Official title: {for radial illumination}
A61B1/0615 (For radial illumination) appears on 313 US grants and 420 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 313
- Published applications
- 420
- Assignees
- 167
- Inventors
- 597
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2 |
| 2002 | 5 | 14 |
| 2003 | 9 | 10 |
| 2004 | 5 | 5 |
| 2005 | 2 | 10 |
| 2006 | 2 | 13 |
| 2007 | 4 | 13 |
| 2008 | 3 | 15 |
| 2009 | 5 | 12 |
| 2010 | 8 | 12 |
| 2011 | 3 | 11 |
| 2012 | 9 | 14 |
| 2013 | 12 | 12 |
| 2014 | 10 | 19 |
| 2015 | 9 | 18 |
| 2016 | 13 | 19 |
| 2017 | 17 | 36 |
| 2018 | 13 | 22 |
| 2019 | 19 | 30 |
| 2020 | 33 | 26 |
| 2021 | 24 | 19 |
| 2022 | 15 | 18 |
| 2023 | 13 | 25 |
| 2024 | 21 | 23 |
| 2025 | 18 | 17 |
| 2026 | 6 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Endoscope with pivoting lighting25 Aug 2026US 12,714,297 B2Cook Medical Technologies LLC
- Light carrier and illumination system for a surgical tube19 May 2026US 12,629,229 B2Sunoptic Technologies LLC
- Endoscope having multiple viewing directions12 May 2026US 12,622,577 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Imaging apparatus and method which utilizes multidirectional field of view endoscopy28 Apr 2026US 12,611,089 B2The General Hospital Corporation
- Lighted bougie17 Mar 2026US 12,575,723 B2
- Endoscope having multiple viewing directions20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240424 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Multi-camera endoscope2 Jul 2026US 2026/0182828 A1EndoChoice, Inc.
- Offset illumination of a scene using multiple emitters in ahyperspectral, fluorescence, and laser mapping imaging system11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157699 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Airway Obturator and Method of Intubation Using the said Obturator with a Video Bougie or an Optical Stylet21 May 2026US 2026/0137888 A1Acera, LLC
- Micromotor and optical arrangement for fast circular scanning of light beams in small diameter flexible catheters2 Apr 2026US 2026/0090704 A1The General Hospital Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical methods for tissue analysis453US 7,231,243 B2The General Hospital Corporation · 2007
- Multiple joint retractor with light437US 4,226,228 A1980
- Systems, methods and devices for performing gynecological procedures308US 8,528,563 B2Hologic, Inc. · 2013
- Multi-path optical catheter253US 6,701,181 B2InfraReDx, Inc. · 2004
- Dual-view probe for illumination and imaging, and use thereof252US 10,536,617 B2Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona · 2020