A61B 2090/3945
Active visible markers
Official title: {Active visible markers, e.g. light emitting diodes}
A61B2090/3945 (Active visible markers) appears on 857 US grants and 1,136 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 857
- Published applications
- 1,136
- Assignees
- 328
- Inventors
- 1,523
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 10 | 0 |
| 2000 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 11 | 6 |
| 2002 | 14 | 16 |
| 2003 | 13 | 6 |
| 2004 | 7 | 24 |
| 2005 | 5 | 10 |
| 2006 | 7 | 12 |
| 2007 | 9 | 21 |
| 2008 | 3 | 17 |
| 2009 | 8 | 9 |
| 2010 | 11 | 13 |
| 2011 | 23 | 23 |
| 2012 | 8 | 22 |
| 2013 | 16 | 26 |
| 2014 | 20 | 27 |
| 2015 | 22 | 33 |
| 2016 | 16 | 54 |
| 2017 | 29 | 84 |
| 2018 | 35 | 39 |
| 2019 | 35 | 78 |
| 2020 | 60 | 100 |
| 2021 | 53 | 117 |
| 2022 | 65 | 94 |
| 2023 | 74 | 105 |
| 2024 | 102 | 79 |
| 2025 | 108 | 88 |
| 2026 | 59 | 33 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Magnetic resonance imaging device and method for positioning a medical instrument29 Sep 2026US 12,746,072 B2Siemens Healthineers AG
- Dynamic reference arrays and methods of use25 Aug 2026US 12,714,507 B2Global Medical Inc
- Multi-stage dilator and cannula system and method25 Aug 2026US 12,714,514 B2Stryker Corporation
- System and methods for intraoperative guidance feedback25 Aug 2026US 12,714,515 B27D Surgical Ulc
- Computer-assisted surgery with electromagnetic tracking18 Aug 2026US 12,708,446 B2Orthosoft Ulc
- Systems and methods for endoluminal valve creation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306131 A1InterVene, Inc.
- Markerless navigation using ai computer vision1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294553 A1Healthcare Outcomes Performance Company Limited
- Surgical robotic automation with tracking markers and controlled tool advancement1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294558 A1Globus Medical, Inc.
- Systems and methods for automatically changing an end-effector on a surgical robot1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294561 A1Globus Medical, Inc.
- Methods And Systems For Setting Trajectories And Target Locations For Image Guided Surgery17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272569 A1Mobius Imaging, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Endocutter with staple feed1,838US 7,988,026 B2Cardica, Inc. · 2011
- Driverless surgical stapler1,836US 7,963,432 B2Cardica, Inc. · 2011
- Surgical circular stapler with tissue retention arrangements1,570US 8,801,735 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014
- Transwall visualization arrangements and methods for surgical circular staplers1,514US 8,672,207 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014
- Circular stapling instruments with secondary cutting arrangements and methods of using same1,501US 8,801,734 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014