A61B 2090/3941
Photoluminescent markers
Official title: {Photoluminescent markers}
A61B2090/3941 (Photoluminescent markers) appears on 247 US grants and 404 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 247
- Published applications
- 404
- Assignees
- 185
- Inventors
- 697
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 4 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 3 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 5 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 11 |
| 2009 | 4 | 6 |
| 2010 | 0 | 8 |
| 2011 | 6 | 14 |
| 2012 | 5 | 6 |
| 2013 | 5 | 10 |
| 2014 | 3 | 14 |
| 2015 | 7 | 21 |
| 2016 | 6 | 18 |
| 2017 | 11 | 29 |
| 2018 | 7 | 19 |
| 2019 | 16 | 28 |
| 2020 | 26 | 27 |
| 2021 | 23 | 47 |
| 2022 | 21 | 32 |
| 2023 | 28 | 32 |
| 2024 | 29 | 21 |
| 2025 | 26 | 26 |
| 2026 | 8 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Examination table and X-ray imaging system25 Aug 2026US 12,714,375 B2GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- Device for positioning an implant in a target area of an eye18 Aug 2026US 12,711,616 B2Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
- Systems and methods for illumination and imaging of a target23 Jun 2026US 12,666,156 B2Stryker Corporation
- Surgical robot platform7 Apr 2026US 12,594,132 B2Globus Medical, Inc.
- Devices, systems, and methods for tumor visualization and removal17 Mar 2026US 12,575,735 B2Sbi Alapharma Canada, Inc.
- Systems and methods for illumination and imaging of a target8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313238 A1Stryker Corporation
- Method of marking lesions17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272607 A1Cook Medical Technologies LLC
- Surgical robot platform20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240615 A1Globus Medical, Inc.
- Representing a quantitative property of an anatomical object in a user interface20 Aug 2026US 2026/0245244 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Optically responsive medical-grade materials, articles, systems, and methods for machine-detectable condition indication16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199051 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Coated surgical staples and an illuminated staple cartridge for a surgical stapling instrument1,931US 7,954,687 B2Tyco Healthcare Group LP · 2011
- Laparoscopic instruments1,844US 5,350,391 A1994
- Tissue biopsy and treatment apparatus and method1,617US 6,869,430 B2Rita Medical Systems, Inc. · 2005
- Method for determining the biodistribution of substances using fluorescence spectroscopy1,088US 5,377,676 ACedars-Sinai Medical Center · 1995
- Apparatus and methods for closing septal defects and occluding blood flow834US 6,712,836 B1St. Jude Medical ATG, Inc. · 2004