A61B 1/2676
Bronchoscopes
Official title: {Bronchoscopes}
A61B1/2676 (Bronchoscopes) appears on 744 US grants and 1,076 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 744
- Published applications
- 1,076
- Assignees
- 278
- Inventors
- 1,418
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 4 |
| 2002 | 2 | 4 |
| 2003 | 6 | 2 |
| 2004 | 5 | 6 |
| 2005 | 1 | 11 |
| 2006 | 1 | 14 |
| 2007 | 2 | 10 |
| 2008 | 3 | 16 |
| 2009 | 4 | 13 |
| 2010 | 8 | 24 |
| 2011 | 8 | 21 |
| 2012 | 9 | 43 |
| 2013 | 21 | 38 |
| 2014 | 25 | 47 |
| 2015 | 24 | 46 |
| 2016 | 27 | 39 |
| 2017 | 29 | 59 |
| 2018 | 28 | 83 |
| 2019 | 47 | 79 |
| 2020 | 57 | 90 |
| 2021 | 66 | 82 |
| 2022 | 49 | 64 |
| 2023 | 76 | 79 |
| 2024 | 83 | 91 |
| 2025 | 64 | 67 |
| 2026 | 38 | 44 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing program6 Oct 2026US 12,751,600 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Devices and methods for treating lung tumors8 Sep 2026US 12,727,939 B2Pusan National University Technology Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Robotic bronchoscopy navigation method and system8 Sep 2026US 12,727,951 B2Industrial Technology Research Institute
- Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for non-rigid registration of electromagnetic navigation space to CT volume25 Aug 2026US 12,714,329 B2Covidien LP
- Articulation mechanisms for robotic surgical tools18 Aug 2026US 12,708,253 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Hybrid registration method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305972 A1Covidien LP
- Sheaths for needle delivery8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306752 A1GYRUS ACMI INC. (d.b.a.Olympus Surgical Technologies America)
- Pharmaceutical agent, medicinal solution for cleaning pulmonary alveoli, and nebulizer17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272854 A1
- Airway exchange bronchoscope construction10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262930 A1
- Medical devices with camera and methods of placement3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256346 A1Wm & Dg, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Endoscopic sheath assemblies having longitudinal expansion inhibiting mechanisms1,525US 6,793,661 B2Vision Sciences, Inc. · 2004
- Medical instruments for introduction into the respiratory tract of a patient1,502US 4,454,887 A1984
- Medical instrument with sensor for use in a system and method for electromagnetic navigation620US 10,426,555 B2Covidien LP · 2019
- Instrument insertion compensation522US 10,299,870 B2Auris Health, Inc. · 2019
- Sheath and method for reconfiguring lung viewing scope495US 6,585,639 B1Pulmonx Corporation · 2003