A61B 5/0066
Optical coherence imaging
Official title: {Optical coherence imaging}
A61B5/0066 (Optical coherence imaging) appears on 2,773 US grants and 3,753 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,773
- Published applications
- 3,753
- Assignees
- 923
- Inventors
- 4,381
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 10 | 0 |
| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 13 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 7 |
| 2002 | 18 | 28 |
| 2003 | 26 | 31 |
| 2004 | 18 | 35 |
| 2005 | 22 | 65 |
| 2006 | 20 | 77 |
| 2007 | 25 | 133 |
| 2008 | 44 | 105 |
| 2009 | 52 | 105 |
| 2010 | 85 | 131 |
| 2011 | 82 | 126 |
| 2012 | 88 | 198 |
| 2013 | 100 | 174 |
| 2014 | 122 | 259 |
| 2015 | 129 | 199 |
| 2016 | 149 | 187 |
| 2017 | 146 | 201 |
| 2018 | 122 | 216 |
| 2019 | 221 | 243 |
| 2020 | 204 | 216 |
| 2021 | 216 | 220 |
| 2022 | 194 | 192 |
| 2023 | 176 | 186 |
| 2024 | 188 | 183 |
| 2025 | 157 | 148 |
| 2026 | 112 | 88 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method and apparatus for measuring intravascular blood flow using a backscattering contrast6 Oct 2026US 12,751,639 B2The General Hospital Corporation
- Minimally invasive optical forward viewing probe15 Sep 2026US 12,733,792 B2Clee Medical SA
- Optical probe and an optical tomographic imaging apparatus including the same15 Sep 2026US 12,733,812 B2Genesis Medtech Japan Co., Ltd.
- Infrared otoscope for characterization of effusion15 Sep 2026US 12,733,814 B2OtoNexus Medical Technologies, Inc.
- Cart for optical coherence tomography15 Sep 2026US 12,734,007 B2Raywatt Inc.
- Systems and methods for medical procedures using optical coherence tomography sensing8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305944 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- System, method and computer-accessible medium for providing optical plaque burden assessment8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305949 A1Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- System and method for instant and automatic border detection8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305950 A1Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation
- System and method for instant and automatic border detection8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305951 A1Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation
- Optical treatment plan generation1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294541 A1Alcon Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Spiral scanner with electronic control1,545US 6,626,834 B22003
- Medical positioning system1,446US 6,233,476 B1MediGuide Ltd. · 2001
- Method and apparatus for optical imaging with means for controlling the longitudinal range of the sample1,199US 5,321,501 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1994
- Methods and apparatus for forward-directed optical scanning instruments1,184US 6,485,413 B1The General Hospital Corporation · 2002
- Method and apparatus for performing optical measurements using a fiber optic imaging guidewire, catheter or endoscope1,079US 6,134,003 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 2000