A61B 2090/701
For flexible tubular instruments
Official title: {for flexible tubular instruments, e.g. endoscopes}
A61B2090/701 (For flexible tubular instruments) appears on 595 US grants and 812 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 595
- Published applications
- 812
- Assignees
- 242
- Inventors
- 1,199
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 9 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 4 |
| 2002 | 9 | 10 |
| 2003 | 9 | 11 |
| 2004 | 9 | 16 |
| 2005 | 8 | 13 |
| 2006 | 4 | 11 |
| 2007 | 2 | 24 |
| 2008 | 6 | 17 |
| 2009 | 5 | 28 |
| 2010 | 9 | 11 |
| 2011 | 14 | 17 |
| 2012 | 11 | 15 |
| 2013 | 18 | 25 |
| 2014 | 16 | 35 |
| 2015 | 25 | 42 |
| 2016 | 27 | 38 |
| 2017 | 27 | 47 |
| 2018 | 27 | 48 |
| 2019 | 51 | 47 |
| 2020 | 42 | 75 |
| 2021 | 33 | 61 |
| 2022 | 44 | 58 |
| 2023 | 42 | 43 |
| 2024 | 51 | 60 |
| 2025 | 32 | 39 |
| 2026 | 22 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Endoscope cleaning cart6 Oct 2026US 12,751,610 B2National University Corporation Ehime University
- Systems and methods for detecting failure in plasma treatment29 Sep 2026US 12,745,901 B2Plasmatica Ltd.
- Siphon protection and infection prevention of air-water tube end connector8 Sep 2026US 12,727,741 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Cleaning adapter with and without safety tag1 Sep 2026US 12,721,502 B2Medivators Inc.
- Dryness testing device1 Sep 2026US 12,721,696 B2Smartline Holdings Pty Ltd
- Medical tube clearance device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295207 A1Clearflow, Inc.
- Imaging element cleaning apparatus with single hand operability17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276977 A1ClearCam Inc.
- Novel endoscopic ultrasonic cleaning adapter10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263189 A1Ga Health Company Limited
- Fluidic cleaning effluent mangement accessory3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256347 A1Saban Ventures Pty Limited
- Valve for a medical device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240412 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Insulated laparoscopic grasper with removable shaft1,456US 5,578,052 A1996
- Working mechanism for medical manipulator and cleaning method therefor1,026US 8,795,324 B2KARL STORZ GmbH&Co.KG · 2014
- Articulable surgical instrument861US 8,900,267 B2Microline Surgical, Inc. · 2014
- Endoscope cleaning and irrigation sheath356US 6,126,592 ASmith & Nephew, Inc. · 2000
- Lens cleaning means for invasive viewing medical instruments282US 5,313,934 ADeumed Group Inc. · 1994