A61B 2034/2055
Optical tracking systems
Official title: {Optical tracking systems}
A61B2034/2055 (Optical tracking systems) appears on 4,695 US grants and 6,979 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 4,695
- Published applications
- 6,979
- Assignees
- 1,234
- Inventors
- 7,535
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2001 | 33 | 15 |
| 2002 | 38 | 54 |
| 2003 | 32 | 58 |
| 2004 | 36 | 80 |
| 2005 | 29 | 104 |
| 2006 | 27 | 80 |
| 2007 | 26 | 105 |
| 2008 | 19 | 135 |
| 2009 | 38 | 56 |
| 2010 | 78 | 67 |
| 2011 | 75 | 73 |
| 2012 | 70 | 79 |
| 2013 | 56 | 104 |
| 2014 | 77 | 127 |
| 2015 | 92 | 169 |
| 2016 | 90 | 230 |
| 2017 | 123 | 307 |
| 2018 | 150 | 358 |
| 2019 | 263 | 486 |
| 2020 | 340 | 532 |
| 2021 | 332 | 618 |
| 2022 | 419 | 684 |
| 2023 | 497 | 690 |
| 2024 | 591 | 681 |
| 2025 | 686 | 642 |
| 2026 | 380 | 445 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for adaptive planning and control of a surgical tool6 Oct 2026US 12,751,775 B2MAKO Surgical Corp.
- Active robotic pin placement in total knee arthroplasty6 Oct 2026US 12,751,776 B2Think Surgical, Inc.
- System, method, and apparatus for tracking and labeling surgery tools6 Oct 2026US 12,751,777 B1Digital Surgery Systems, Inc.
- Two-tool anatomy stabilization6 Oct 2026US 12,751,781 B2LEM Surgical AG
- Bilateral surgical robotic system6 Oct 2026US 12,751,782 B2LEM Surgical AG
- Laparoscope drive system, laparoscope installation detection method, and surgical robot8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305932 A1Ronovo (Shanghai) Medical Science and Technology Ltd.
- Systems and methods for navigated reaming of the acetabulum8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306111 A1Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
- Non-invasive patient tracker for surgical procedure8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306186 A1Mazor Robotics Ltd.
- Control of an endoscope by a surgical robot8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306198 A1Auris Health, Inc.
- Surgical robotic system and method for digital twin generation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306203 A1Covidien LP
Most cited
By later US patents
- Robotic apparatus2,381US 6,786,896 B1Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 2004
- Image-directed robotic system for precise robotic surgery including redundant consistency checking2,101US 5,408,409 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1995
- Powered surgical tool with control module that contains a sensor for remotely monitoring the tool power generating unit1,623US 7,638,958 B2Stryker Corporation · 2009
- Guidance system and method for surgical procedures with improved feedback1,457US 7,831,292 B2MAKO Surgical Corp. · 2010
- Method and apparatus for controlling a haptic device1,385US 8,287,522 B2MAKO Surgical Corp. · 2012