A61B 2018/2255
Optical elements at the distal end of probe tips
Official title: {Optical elements at the distal end of probe tips}
A61B2018/2255 (Optical elements at the distal end of probe tips) appears on 1,025 US grants and 1,127 published applications in this corpus.
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| 2026 | 20 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 2018/2272With reflective or refractive surfaces for deflecting the beamIndexing code481
- A61B 2018/2261With scattering, diffusion or dispersion of lightIndexing code412
- A61B 2018/2266With a lensIndexing code235
- A61B 2018/2288The optical fibre cable having a curved distal endIndexing code106
- A61B 2018/2294With a diffraction gratingIndexing code44
- A61B 2018/2285With removable, replacable, or exchangable tipsIndexing code34
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