A61B 1/123
Using washing machines
Official title: {using washing machines}
A61B1/123 (Using washing machines) appears on 308 US grants and 388 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 308
- Published applications
- 388
- Assignees
- 96
- Inventors
- 549
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 4 |
| 2002 | 9 | 12 |
| 2003 | 13 | 6 |
| 2004 | 7 | 11 |
| 2005 | 8 | 10 |
| 2006 | 3 | 6 |
| 2007 | 1 | 18 |
| 2008 | 3 | 10 |
| 2009 | 3 | 15 |
| 2010 | 11 | 7 |
| 2011 | 11 | 8 |
| 2012 | 5 | 7 |
| 2013 | 6 | 11 |
| 2014 | 13 | 11 |
| 2015 | 8 | 15 |
| 2016 | 12 | 24 |
| 2017 | 15 | 40 |
| 2018 | 14 | 21 |
| 2019 | 23 | 19 |
| 2020 | 21 | 31 |
| 2021 | 19 | 21 |
| 2022 | 12 | 16 |
| 2023 | 18 | 16 |
| 2024 | 13 | 26 |
| 2025 | 14 | 10 |
| 2026 | 9 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Cleaning adapter with and without safety tag1 Sep 2026US 12,721,502 B2Medivators Inc.
- Technologies for sanitizing/disinfecting medical devices19 May 2026US 12,629,442 B2Soclean, Inc.
- Medical device cleaning method and corresponding cleaning device and cleaning apparatus12 May 2026US 12,622,579 B2Plasmabiotics
- Endoscope with bendable camera shaft3 Mar 2026US 12,564,316 B2Psip2 LLC
- Endoscope cleaning management system, endoscope cleaning management method, and recording medium24 Feb 2026US 12,562,265 B2Olympus Corporation
- Safety cap for multi-functional surgical scope tip1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294225 A1Jackson Medical Group Inc.
- Fluidic cleaning effluent mangement accessory3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256347 A1Saban Ventures Pty Limited
- Provisioning system for endoscopes13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232170 A1Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH
- Process indicator isolation chamber for medical device processor23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207809 A1American Sterilizer Company
- Infinitely variable combined rotary tissue retractor, camera holder, and air or fluid delivery device for a videoscope or endoscope25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174317 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and method for steam reprocessing flexible endoscopes1,054US 6,884,392 B2Minntech Corporation · 2005
- Endoscope cleaner/sterilizer145US 5,443,801 AKew Import/Export Inc. · 1995
- Endoscope system including endoscope and protection cover143US 5,674,182 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1997
- Medical cleaning and sterilizing apparatus135US 5,711,921 AKew Import/Export Inc. · 1998
- Apparatus and method for providing flow to endoscope channels125US 7,918,788 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2011