A61B 2018/2247
Fibre breakage detection
Official title: {Fibre breakage detection}
A61B2018/2247 (Fibre breakage detection) appears on 40 US grants and 54 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 40
- Published applications
- 54
- Assignees
- 28
- Inventors
- 95
- Latest grant
- 28 Apr 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for using optical feedback to detect fiber breakdown during surgical laser procedures271US 8,638,428 B22014
- Angioplasty system having means for identification of atherosclerotic plaque193US 5,275,594 AC. R. Bard, Inc. · 1994
- Method for laser surgery68US 5,057,099 AXintec Inc. · 1991
- Safety device for detecting trouble in optical transmission fibers53US 4,543,477 AAsahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1985
- Monitor device for laser systems transmitting laser light through optical fibers20US 4,476,512 ASumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. · 1984