A61B 90/361
Image-producing devices
Official title: {Image-producing devices, e.g. surgical cameras}
A61B90/361 (Image-producing devices) appears on 5,447 US grants and 7,522 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 5,447
- Published applications
- 7,522
- Assignees
- 1,634
- Inventors
- 8,662
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 17 | 0 |
| 1995 | 25 | 0 |
| 1996 | 27 | 0 |
| 1997 | 47 | 0 |
| 1998 | 69 | 0 |
| 1999 | 56 | 0 |
| 2000 | 48 | 0 |
| 2001 | 65 | 24 |
| 2002 | 62 | 107 |
| 2003 | 55 | 104 |
| 2004 | 59 | 94 |
| 2005 | 47 | 123 |
| 2006 | 47 | 111 |
| 2007 | 44 | 166 |
| 2008 | 41 | 202 |
| 2009 | 42 | 152 |
| 2010 | 101 | 144 |
| 2011 | 117 | 138 |
| 2012 | 117 | 160 |
| 2013 | 137 | 181 |
| 2014 | 145 | 232 |
| 2015 | 164 | 207 |
| 2016 | 147 | 287 |
| 2017 | 189 | 300 |
| 2018 | 216 | 388 |
| 2019 | 307 | 563 |
| 2020 | 366 | 594 |
| 2021 | 386 | 652 |
| 2022 | 425 | 603 |
| 2023 | 481 | 637 |
| 2024 | 545 | 564 |
| 2025 | 539 | 513 |
| 2026 | 275 | 276 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Disturbance compensation in computer-assisted devices6 Oct 2026US 12,752,421 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Post operative implantation site monitoring6 Oct 2026US 12,756,798 B2Medtronic, Inc.
- Medical arm device29 Sep 2026US 12,746,095 B2Sony Group Corporation
- Systems and methods for identifying and tracking physical objects during a robotic surgical procedure22 Sep 2026US 12,740,834 B2MAKO Surgical Corp.
- Systems and methods for adaptive input mapping22 Sep 2026US 12,740,843 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Hybrid registration method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305972 A1Covidien LP
- Systems and methods for onscreen menus in a teleoperational medical system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306200 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Medical robot having multiple manipulation means and methods of use thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306205 A1Canon U.S.A., Inc.
- Anatomical measurement in a surgical system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306208 A1Auris Health, Inc.
- Systems and methods for illumination and imaging of a target8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313238 A1Stryker Corporation
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