A61B 1/307
Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes
Official title: for the urinary organs, e.g. urethroscopes or cystoscopes
A61B1/307 (Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes) appears on 644 US grants and 959 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 644
- Published applications
- 959
- Assignees
- 313
- Inventors
- 1,357
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 5 | 10 |
| 2003 | 7 | 6 |
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| 2006 | 10 | 15 |
| 2007 | 3 | 10 |
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| 2011 | 10 | 18 |
| 2012 | 7 | 21 |
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| 2015 | 18 | 46 |
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| 2017 | 23 | 44 |
| 2018 | 22 | 40 |
| 2019 | 39 | 62 |
| 2020 | 38 | 88 |
| 2021 | 39 | 68 |
| 2022 | 48 | 70 |
| 2023 | 56 | 68 |
| 2024 | 63 | 80 |
| 2025 | 63 | 79 |
| 2026 | 37 | 79 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Catheter placement device for urethral applications29 Sep 2026US 12,746,371 B2
- Grasper and repository for removal of multiple kidney stone fragments22 Sep 2026US 12,740,796 B2C. R. Bard, Inc.
- Impact-during-suction surgical ureteroscope15 Sep 2026US 12,733,977 B2Ningbo Xinwell Medical Technology Co., Ltd
- Medical scope1 Sep 2026US 12,721,506 B2
- Extendable ureteroscope sheath1 Sep 2026US 12,721,642 B2C. R. Bard, Inc.
- Medical devices and related systems and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305920 A1Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
- Insertion instrument8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305926 A1Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Ureteroscope devices and systems having a selectively extendable distal portion8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305929 A1C. R. Bard, Inc.
- Implantable devices and methods to treat benign prostate hyperplasia (bph) and associated lower urinary tract symptoms (luts)8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305930 A1Prodeon Medical Corporation
- Optical fiber waveguide in an endoscopic system for hyperspectral, fluorescence, and laser mapping imaging8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306023 A1Cilag GmbH International
Most cited
By later US patents
- Rotate-to-advance catheterization system1,027US 9,907,456 B2Olympus Corporation · 2018
- Endoscope1,018US 9,829,698 B2Panasonic Corporation · 2017
- Surgical instrument and method for treating female urinary incontinence751US 6,273,852 B1Ethicon, Inc. · 2001
- Deflectable-end endoscope with detachable flexible shaft assembly618US 4,911,148 AIntramed Laboratories, Inc. · 1990
- Methods for in vivo magnetic resonance imaging462US 6,549,800 B1Johns Hopkins Unversity School of Medicine · 2003