A61B 1/303
Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes
Official title: for the vagina, i.e. vaginoscopes
A61B1/303 (Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes) appears on 567 US grants and 799 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 567
- Published applications
- 799
- Assignees
- 325
- Inventors
- 1,220
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 10 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 1 |
| 2002 | 9 | 12 |
| 2003 | 6 | 8 |
| 2004 | 8 | 10 |
| 2005 | 4 | 11 |
| 2006 | 8 | 16 |
| 2007 | 1 | 13 |
| 2008 | 3 | 26 |
| 2009 | 4 | 21 |
| 2010 | 8 | 16 |
| 2011 | 3 | 28 |
| 2012 | 12 | 27 |
| 2013 | 21 | 40 |
| 2014 | 25 | 39 |
| 2015 | 18 | 36 |
| 2016 | 34 | 45 |
| 2017 | 35 | 61 |
| 2018 | 29 | 33 |
| 2019 | 42 | 56 |
| 2020 | 33 | 49 |
| 2021 | 26 | 43 |
| 2022 | 29 | 49 |
| 2023 | 38 | 51 |
| 2024 | 28 | 32 |
| 2025 | 51 | 46 |
| 2026 | 23 | 30 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Air speculum29 Sep 2026US 12,745,903 B2Ivy Next Ltd.
- Air speculum15 Sep 2026US 12,733,802 B2Ivy Next Ltd.
- Vaginal speculum and cervical screening kit15 Sep 2026US 12,733,803 B2Viospex
- Medical device for conducting papanicolaou (Pap) test8 Sep 2026US 12,727,865 B2PapEasy Inc.
- Intrauterine morcellation device18 Aug 2026US 12,708,430 B2Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
- Endoscopic devices and methods and related imaging processing techniques24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283445 A1Decode Bone LLC
- Medical instrumentation utilizing narrowband imaging23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207039 A1Nsv LLC
- Lighted disposable speculum16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198766 A1Medline Industries, Inc.
- Apparatus and method for image-guided colpopexy16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198967 A1
- Apparatus, methods, and systems for measuring cervical dilation using structured light2 Jul 2026US 2026/0182905 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Deflectable-end endoscope with detachable flexible shaft assembly618US 4,911,148 AIntramed Laboratories, Inc. · 1990
- Forceps584US 4,027,510 A1977
- Methods for in vivo magnetic resonance imaging462US 6,549,800 B1Johns Hopkins Unversity School of Medicine · 2003
- Medical device introduction system including medical introducer having a plurality of access ports and methods of performing medical procedures with same383US 6,234,958 B1Medical Access Systems, LLC · 2001
- Systems, methods and devices for performing gynecological procedures308US 8,528,563 B2Hologic, Inc. · 2013