A61B 3/107
For determining the shape or measuring the curvature of the cornea
Official title: for determining the shape or measuring the curvature of the cornea
A61B3/107 (For determining the shape or measuring the curvature of the cornea) appears on 874 US grants and 858 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 874
- Published applications
- 858
- Assignees
- 357
- Inventors
- 1,358
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 7 | 0 |
| 1987 | 12 | 0 |
| 1988 | 10 | 0 |
| 1989 | 11 | 0 |
| 1990 | 9 | 0 |
| 1991 | 14 | 0 |
| 1992 | 11 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 12 | 0 |
| 1995 | 19 | 0 |
| 1996 | 22 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 16 | 0 |
| 1999 | 17 | 0 |
| 2000 | 14 | 0 |
| 2001 | 19 | 6 |
| 2002 | 14 | 14 |
| 2003 | 20 | 21 |
| 2004 | 10 | 20 |
| 2005 | 11 | 17 |
| 2006 | 6 | 20 |
| 2007 | 16 | 17 |
| 2008 | 13 | 21 |
| 2009 | 11 | 15 |
| 2010 | 11 | 16 |
| 2011 | 21 | 27 |
| 2012 | 8 | 26 |
| 2013 | 13 | 18 |
| 2014 | 28 | 56 |
| 2015 | 27 | 37 |
| 2016 | 43 | 55 |
| 2017 | 37 | 43 |
| 2018 | 38 | 58 |
| 2019 | 44 | 56 |
| 2020 | 49 | 55 |
| 2021 | 40 | 45 |
| 2022 | 43 | 57 |
| 2023 | 34 | 54 |
| 2024 | 34 | 32 |
| 2025 | 43 | 35 |
| 2026 | 26 | 37 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Systems for analyzing the eye17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272289 A1Lightfield Medical Inc.
- Systems for analyzing the eye17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272290 A1Lightfield Medical Inc.
- Systems for analyzing the eye17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272291 A1Lightfield Medical Inc.
- Systems and methods for analyzing the eye17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272292 A1Lightfield Medical Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for analysis and correction of abnormal refractive errors of the eye405US 4,669,466 ALri L.P. · 1987
- Optical coherence tomography corneal mapping apparatus390US 5,491,524 ACarl Zeiss AG · 1996
- Objective measurement and correction of optical systems using wavefront analysis328US 6,271,915 B1Autonomous Technologies Corporation · 2001
- Ophthalmic lenses for high order aberration correction and processes for production of the lenses208US 6,554,425 B1Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. · 2003
- Apparatus for visualizing the eye's tear film206US 6,447,119 B1Visionrx, Inc. · 2002