A61B 1/2736
Gastroscopes
Official title: {Gastroscopes}
A61B1/2736 (Gastroscopes) appears on 513 US grants and 768 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 513
- Published applications
- 768
- Assignees
- 205
- Inventors
- 1,183
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 4 |
| 2002 | 1 | 5 |
| 2003 | 2 | 13 |
| 2004 | 4 | 10 |
| 2005 | 5 | 18 |
| 2006 | 8 | 33 |
| 2007 | 2 | 23 |
| 2008 | 5 | 23 |
| 2009 | 4 | 30 |
| 2010 | 15 | 39 |
| 2011 | 13 | 22 |
| 2012 | 25 | 21 |
| 2013 | 24 | 33 |
| 2014 | 19 | 28 |
| 2015 | 17 | 18 |
| 2016 | 21 | 27 |
| 2017 | 23 | 20 |
| 2018 | 17 | 35 |
| 2019 | 16 | 46 |
| 2020 | 44 | 51 |
| 2021 | 49 | 56 |
| 2022 | 33 | 46 |
| 2023 | 36 | 43 |
| 2024 | 40 | 47 |
| 2025 | 38 | 54 |
| 2026 | 23 | 23 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Manometry systems15 Sep 2026US 12,733,788 B2Covidien LP
- Endoscope system15 Sep 2026US 12,733,793 B2Olympus Corporation
- Estimating the adequacy of a procedure8 Sep 2026US 12,727,739 B2Given Imaging Ltd.
- Phototherapy device, phototherapy method, and computer-readable recording medium18 Aug 2026US 12,708,793 B2Olympus Corporation
- Endoscope system for measuring blood flow velocity in gastrointestinal superficial small blood vessel11 Aug 2026US 12,702,318 B2Juntendo Educational Foundation
- Distal tip for medical devices and related methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305914 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Rapid evaporative ionisation mass spectrometry ("reims") and desorption electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry ("desi-ms") analysis of swabs and biopsy samples10 Sep 2026US 2026/0269206 A1Micromass UK Limited
- Automated systems and methods for assisting with medical procedures27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248558 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Medical device kit with endoscope accessory20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240414 A1GI Scientific, LLC
- Medical devices with sensing capabilites20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240422 A1GYRUS ACMI INC. (d.b.a.Olympus Surgical Technologies America)
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and method for resectioning gastro-esophageal tissue2,688US 6,835,199 B2Rex Medical, L. P. · 2004
- Stapler for endoscopes2,018US 6,872,214 B2Medigus Ltd. · 2005
- Stapler for endoscopes1,742US 8,128,645 B2Medigus Ltd. · 2012
- Fundoplication apparatus and method1,710US 7,156,863 B2Medigus Ltd. · 2007
- Endoscope having multiple working segments1,692US 7,029,435 B2Granit Medical Innovation, Inc. · 2006