A61B 5/0068
Confocal scanning
Official title: {Confocal scanning}
A61B5/0068 (Confocal scanning) appears on 447 US grants and 551 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 447
- Published applications
- 551
- Assignees
- 230
- Inventors
- 941
- Latest grant
- 2 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 3 |
| 2002 | 11 | 17 |
| 2003 | 11 | 6 |
| 2004 | 11 | 12 |
| 2005 | 4 | 14 |
| 2006 | 3 | 20 |
| 2007 | 6 | 31 |
| 2008 | 10 | 18 |
| 2009 | 11 | 22 |
| 2010 | 18 | 29 |
| 2011 | 18 | 33 |
| 2012 | 18 | 41 |
| 2013 | 26 | 29 |
| 2014 | 30 | 27 |
| 2015 | 25 | 34 |
| 2016 | 27 | 27 |
| 2017 | 23 | 15 |
| 2018 | 26 | 22 |
| 2019 | 21 | 23 |
| 2020 | 19 | 25 |
| 2021 | 19 | 30 |
| 2022 | 23 | 25 |
| 2023 | 21 | 17 |
| 2024 | 24 | 14 |
| 2025 | 19 | 16 |
| 2026 | 4 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Calibration cradle for three-dimensional scanner2 Jun 2026US 12,642,434 B2Medit Corp.
- Data processing device, scanner, and method for operating same28 Apr 2026US 12,611,087 B2Medit Corp.
- Methods for monitoring physiological status of a body organ24 Mar 2026US 12,584,904 B2BioCrine AB
- Image generating device24 Mar 2026US 12,585,108 B2VPIX Medical Incorporation
- GDOT: gated diffuse optical tomography30 Dec 2025US 12,507,895 B2William Marsh Rice University
- Three-Dimensional Two Photon Miniature Microscope Brain Imaging in Freely-Behaving Animals22 Jan 2026US 2026/0023253 A1The Regents of the University of Michigan
- Feedback detection for a treatment device20 Nov 2025US 2025/0352065 A1Avava, Inc.
- Intraoral scanning apparatus18 Sep 2025US 2025/0294130 A13Shape A/S
- Apparatus, method and computer-accessible medium for obtaining tissue samples7 Aug 2025US 2025/0248697 A1The General Hospital Corporation
- Intraoral scanning apparatus7 Aug 2025US 2025/0254285 A13Shape A/S
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Method and apparatus for performing optical measurements1,018US 5,459,570 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1995
- Medical imaging, diagnosis, and therapy using a scanning single optical fiber system524US 6,975,898 B2University of Washington · 2005
- Method and apparatus for acquiring images using a ccd detector array and no transverse scanner522US 5,465,147 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1995
- Optical methods for tissue analysis453US 7,231,243 B2The General Hospital Corporation · 2007