A61B 1/3132
For laparoscopy
Official title: {for laparoscopy}
A61B1/3132 (For laparoscopy) appears on 1,243 US grants and 1,736 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,243
- Published applications
- 1,736
- Assignees
- 464
- Inventors
- 2,378
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 8 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 13 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 12 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 3 |
| 2002 | 14 | 12 |
| 2003 | 8 | 9 |
| 2004 | 4 | 11 |
| 2005 | 8 | 15 |
| 2006 | 3 | 16 |
| 2007 | 3 | 28 |
| 2008 | 3 | 43 |
| 2009 | 6 | 33 |
| 2010 | 11 | 56 |
| 2011 | 16 | 42 |
| 2012 | 19 | 47 |
| 2013 | 35 | 49 |
| 2014 | 35 | 73 |
| 2015 | 38 | 64 |
| 2016 | 51 | 96 |
| 2017 | 46 | 102 |
| 2018 | 56 | 99 |
| 2019 | 92 | 125 |
| 2020 | 121 | 159 |
| 2021 | 104 | 144 |
| 2022 | 86 | 104 |
| 2023 | 130 | 140 |
| 2024 | 134 | 103 |
| 2025 | 92 | 108 |
| 2026 | 56 | 55 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Endoscope and method of use29 Sep 2026US 12,745,896 B2Meditrina, Inc.
- Depth-based auto-exposure management29 Sep 2026US 12,750,593 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Lighted surgical access system22 Sep 2026US 12,740,694 B2Applied Medical Resources Corporation
- Short-wave infrared based imaging22 Sep 2026US 12,740,697 B2Cision Vision, Inc.
- Determing an ergonomic center for an input control22 Sep 2026US 12,741,378 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Laparoscope drive system, laparoscope installation detection method, and surgical robot8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305932 A1Ronovo (Shanghai) Medical Science and Technology Ltd.
- Method and System for Estimating Ultrasound Probe Pose in Laparoscopic Ultrasound Procedures8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306051 A1Edda Technology, Inc.
- Surgical systems including visualization assemblies with integrated irrigation and instrument guides1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294229 A1Amplify Surgical, Inc.
- System and method for advanced data management with video enabled software tools for video broadcasting environments24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292008 A1
- Image processing device, endoscope system, image processing method, and information storage medium17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272562 A1Olympus Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
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- Device for intracorporal, minimal-invasive treatment of a patient1,663US 6,648,816 B2KARL STORZ GmbH&Co.KG · 2003
- Surgical instruments and batteries for surgical instruments1,601US 9,289,212 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2016
- Endoscopic surgical clip applier with clip retention1,466US 8,409,223 B2Covidien LP · 2013
- Surgical imaging device1,451US 7,751,870 B2Power Medical Interventions, Inc. · 2010