A61B 3/1216
For diagnostics of the iris
Official title: {for diagnostics of the iris}
A61B3/1216 (For diagnostics of the iris) appears on 122 US grants and 147 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 122
- Published applications
- 147
- Assignees
- 69
- Inventors
- 232
- Latest grant
- 28 Apr 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 5 |
| 2003 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 4 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 | 3 | 9 |
| 2009 | 0 | 5 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 |
| 2011 | 3 | 1 |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 4 | 6 |
| 2016 | 4 | 8 |
| 2017 | 0 | 38 |
| 2018 | 4 | 2 |
| 2019 | 34 | 3 |
| 2020 | 8 | 10 |
| 2021 | 6 | 5 |
| 2022 | 6 | 9 |
| 2023 | 9 | 13 |
| 2024 | 1 | 7 |
| 2025 | 13 | 7 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Ophthalmic apparatus28 Apr 2026US 12,611,102 B2Topcon Corporation
- Method of identifying iris30 Dec 2025US 12,507,890 B2Pixart Imaging Inc.
- Method and device for checking vital parameters16 Dec 2025US 12,495,965 B2Robert Bosch GmbH
- System, apparatus, and method for predicting acute coronary syndrome via image recognition2 Dec 2025US 12,484,859 B2Click Therapeutics, Inc.
- Headset system for biomedical imaging for early tumor detection16 Sep 2025US 12,414,687 B2
- Iris recognition apparatus and method for correcting pupil deviation attributable to dominant eye14 May 2026US 2026/0130588 A1AJ2 Co., Ltd.
- Medical devices, systems, and methods for performing eye exams and eye tracking23 Apr 2026US 2026/0108147 A1Envision Diagnostics, Inc.
- Retina imaging apparatus18 Dec 2025US 2025/0380869 A1
- Ophthalmic apparatus16 Oct 2025US 2025/0318728 A1Topcon Corporation
- Augmented and virtual reality display systems and methods for performing retinoscopy11 Sep 2025US 2025/0284131 A1Magic Leap, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Biometric personal identification system based on iris analysis673US 5,291,560 AIri Scan Incorporated · 1994
- Iris recognition system361US 4,641,349 A1987
- Handheld iris imaging apparatus and method144US 6,289,113 B1Iridian Technologies, Inc. · 2001
- Iris imaging using reflection from the eye114US 7,428,320 B2AOptix Technologies, Inc. · 2008
- Iris recognition apparatus and method112US 5,956,122 ALitton Systems, Inc. · 1999