A61B 3/152
For aligning
Official title: {for aligning}
A61B3/152 (For aligning) appears on 648 US grants and 711 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 648
- Published applications
- 711
- Assignees
- 227
- Inventors
- 1,115
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2025 | 41 | 29 |
| 2026 | 27 | 32 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Ophthalmic observation apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,751,618 B2Topcon Corporation
- Ophthalmic observation apparatus, method of controlling the same, and recording medium22 Sep 2026US 12,740,702 B2Topcon Corporation
- Multifunctional ophtalmic apparatus1 Sep 2026US 12,721,521 B2Costruzioni Strumenti Oftalmici C.S.O. S.R.L.
- Ultrasonic tonometer and non-transitory computer readable storage medium25 Aug 2026US 12,714,391 B2Nidek Co., Ltd.
- Wide field fundus camera with auto montage at a single alignment11 Aug 2026US 12,702,297 B2Retivue, LLC
- Illumination of an eye fundus using non-scanning coherent light1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294238 A1Vasoptic Medical Inc.
- Guided sensor alignment for visual function testing1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294242 A1
- Systems and methods for alignment of the eye for ocular imaging17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272294 A1Digital Diagnostics Inc.
- Medical interfaces and other medical devices, systems, and methods for performing eye exams27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248379 A1Envision Diagnostics, Inc.
- Handheld optical measurement apparatus and method of aligning a handheld optical measurement apparatus27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248386 A1Occuity Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for evaluating eye alignment126US 5,094,521 AVision Research Laboratories · 1992
- Method of establishing a unique machine independent reference frame for the eye119US 5,474,548 A1995
- Ophthalmic apparatus87US 6,588,902 B2Nidek Co., Ltd. · 2003
- System and methods for automatic processing of digital retinal images in conjunction with an imaging device77US 9,462,945 B1Visionquest Biomedical LLC · 2016
- Mask configured to maintain nutrient transport without producing visible diffraction patterns75US 7,628,810 B2AcuFocus, Inc. · 2009