A61B 90/36
Image-producing devices or illumination devices not otherwise provided for
Official title: {Image-producing devices or illumination devices not otherwise provided for}
A61B90/36 (Image-producing devices or illumination devices not otherwise provided for) appears on 16,050 US grants and 22,263 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 16,050
- Published applications
- 22,263
- Assignees
- 4,080
- Inventors
- 23,258
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 11 | 0 |
| 1987 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 9 | 0 |
| 1989 | 20 | 0 |
| 1990 | 18 | 0 |
| 1991 | 25 | 0 |
| 1992 | 19 | 0 |
| 1993 | 35 | 0 |
| 1994 | 57 | 0 |
| 1995 | 66 | 0 |
| 1996 | 82 | 0 |
| 1997 | 99 | 0 |
| 1998 | 187 | 0 |
| 1999 | 190 | 0 |
| 2000 | 199 | 0 |
| 2001 | 206 | 87 |
| 2002 | 223 | 293 |
| 2003 | 213 | 312 |
| 2004 | 193 | 340 |
| 2005 | 143 | 458 |
| 2006 | 146 | 415 |
| 2007 | 142 | 541 |
| 2008 | 144 | 731 |
| 2009 | 171 | 549 |
| 2010 | 349 | 547 |
| 2011 | 345 | 523 |
| 2012 | 436 | 639 |
| 2013 | 468 | 668 |
| 2014 | 467 | 781 |
| 2015 | 531 | 780 |
| 2016 | 509 | 948 |
| 2017 | 615 | 972 |
| 2018 | 653 | 1080 |
| 2019 | 887 | 1424 |
| 2020 | 1010 | 1477 |
| 2021 | 1047 | 1677 |
| 2022 | 1130 | 1631 |
| 2023 | 1298 | 1623 |
| 2024 | 1411 | 1553 |
| 2025 | 1446 | 1374 |
| 2026 | 829 | 840 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method for identifying a region of a tumour6 Oct 2026US 12,751,626 B2Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
- Mammography apparatus, control device, and program6 Oct 2026US 12,751,700 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- X-ray diagnostic apparatus, x-ray diagnostic system, and x-ray diagnostic method6 Oct 2026US 12,751,771 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Methods and systems for calibrating surgical instruments for surgical navigation guidance6 Oct 2026US 12,751,773 B2Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
- Mixed reality surgical helmet6 Oct 2026US 12,751,791 B2Zimmer, Inc.
- Systems and methods for medical procedures using optical coherence tomography sensing8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305944 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Hybrid registration method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305972 A1Covidien LP
- Systems and methods for endoluminal valve creation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306131 A1InterVene, Inc.
- High-precision medical treatment systems in three or higher dimensions and methods utilizing a set of pulsed lasers8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306172 A1Ultrafast Medical Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
- Method for monitoring the spatial deviation with respect to a planned surgical procedure8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306177 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Robotic surgical tool with ultrasound cauterizing and cutting instrument3,961US 6,783,524 B2Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 2004
- Surgical robotic tools, data architecture, and use2,959US 6,331,181 B1Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 2001
- Multi-component telepresence system and method2,738US 6,132,368 AIntuitive Surgical, Inc. · 2000
- Mechanical actuator interface system for robotic surgical tools2,625US 6,491,701 B2Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 2002
- Method and apparatus for performing minimally invasive surgical procedures2,609US 6,436,107 B1Computer Motion, Inc. · 2002