A61B 1/0627
For variable illumination angles
Official title: {for variable illumination angles}
A61B1/0627 (For variable illumination angles) appears on 62 US grants and 110 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 62
- Published applications
- 110
- Assignees
- 57
- Inventors
- 221
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 2 | 4 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 |
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| 2005 | 1 | 7 |
| 2006 | 0 | 5 |
| 2007 | 1 | 4 |
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| 2009 | 1 | 5 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 |
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| 2012 | 1 | 5 |
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| 2017 | 3 | 5 |
| 2018 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 4 | 8 |
| 2023 | 4 | 10 |
| 2024 | 4 | 6 |
| 2025 | 5 | 11 |
| 2026 | 3 | 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
- Scene adaptive endoscopic illuminator with fluorescence illumination17 Mar 2026US 12,575,724 B2KARL STORZ Imaging, Inc.
- Endoscope with bendable camera shaft3 Mar 2026US 12,564,316 B2Psip2 LLC
- Endoscope lighting control with camera extension22 Jul 2025US 12,364,387 B2Cook Medical Technologies LLC
- Medical devices and methods of use22 Jul 2025US 12,364,388 B2Meditrina, Inc.
- Cannula assembly for communicating with an augmented reality system6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224324 A1New View Medical, Inc.
- An endoscope device and imaging method for intraoperative imaging of the cochlea and imaging-guided cochlear implantation30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215669 A1The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
- Endoscope with bendable camera shaft18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165566 A1Psip2 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
- Shielded endoillumination29 Jan 2026US 2026/0026682 A1Alcon Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Endoscope with imaging probe180US 6,916,286 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc. · 2005
- Scanning beam with variable sequential framing using interrupted scanning resonance136US 8,537,203 B2University of Washington · 2013
- Dual view endoscope100US 8,585,584 B22013
- Dual view endoscope93US 8,715,168 B22014
- Methods and apparaus for off-axis visualization87US 8,277,373 B2USGI Medical, Inc. · 2012