A61B 3/117
For examining the anterior chamber or the anterior chamber angle
Official title: for examining the anterior chamber or the anterior chamber angle, e.g. gonioscopes
A61B3/117 (For examining the anterior chamber or the anterior chamber angle) appears on 543 US grants and 621 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 543
- Published applications
- 621
- Assignees
- 224
- Inventors
- 1,062
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 8 |
| 2004 | 6 | 7 |
| 2005 | 5 | 6 |
| 2006 | 2 | 4 |
| 2007 | 5 | 7 |
| 2008 | 6 | 9 |
| 2009 | 4 | 10 |
| 2010 | 6 | 16 |
| 2011 | 9 | 16 |
| 2012 | 11 | 24 |
| 2013 | 10 | 26 |
| 2014 | 26 | 25 |
| 2015 | 21 | 43 |
| 2016 | 36 | 41 |
| 2017 | 32 | 45 |
| 2018 | 40 | 39 |
| 2019 | 31 | 39 |
| 2020 | 31 | 39 |
| 2021 | 33 | 43 |
| 2022 | 20 | 36 |
| 2023 | 28 | 38 |
| 2024 | 25 | 45 |
| 2025 | 41 | 27 |
| 2026 | 27 | 26 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and device for completely correcting visual defects of the human eye164US 6,616,275 B1Asclepion-Meditec AG · 2003
- Apparatus and methods for measuring characteristics of biological tissues and similar materials159US 5,582,168 AGeorgia Tech Research Corporation · 1996
- Optical coherence tomography-based ophthalmic testing methods, devices and systems142US 8,820,931 B2Doheny Eye Institute · 2014
- Universal gonioscope-contact lens system for observation and intraocular laser surgery124US 7,125,119 B22006
- Application and network-based long poll request detection and cacheability assessment therefor104US 8,166,164 B1Seven Networks, LLC · 2012