A61F 2009/00897
Scanning mechanisms or algorithms
Official title: {Scanning mechanisms or algorithms}
A61F2009/00897 (Scanning mechanisms or algorithms) appears on 828 US grants and 1,027 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 828
- Published applications
- 1,027
- Assignees
- 181
- Inventors
- 777
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2001 | 16 | 12 |
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| 2003 | 16 | 7 |
| 2004 | 5 | 12 |
| 2005 | 4 | 9 |
| 2006 | 8 | 15 |
| 2007 | 7 | 24 |
| 2008 | 3 | 29 |
| 2009 | 3 | 23 |
| 2010 | 14 | 29 |
| 2011 | 13 | 40 |
| 2012 | 15 | 29 |
| 2013 | 38 | 50 |
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| 2016 | 53 | 77 |
| 2017 | 47 | 52 |
| 2018 | 51 | 61 |
| 2019 | 65 | 72 |
| 2020 | 60 | 57 |
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| 2022 | 38 | 58 |
| 2023 | 55 | 60 |
| 2024 | 59 | 61 |
| 2025 | 47 | 34 |
| 2026 | 33 | 29 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method and apparatus for adhering a capsular bag to an intraocular lens29 Sep 2026US 12,746,112 B2Alcon Inc.
- Corneal lenticular formation using a femtosecond laser for hyperopia and mixed astigmatism correction29 Sep 2026US 12,746,155 B2AMO Development, LLC
- Selective laser stimulation of corneal stem cells29 Sep 2026US 12,746,411 B2Belkin Vision Ltd.
- Corneal topography measurements and fiducial mark incisions in laser surgical procedures15 Sep 2026US 12,734,069 B2AMO Development, LLC
- System and method for accessing different tissue targets of the eye8 Sep 2026US 12,728,037 B2ViaLase, Inc.
- Laser beam scanner systems1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294685 A1Alcon Inc.
- Corneal topography measurements and fiducial mark incisions in laser surgical procedures10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263276 A1AMO Development, LLC
- Mechanisms and methods to control movement of a head of a medical system relative to an anatomical site6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224323 A1ViaLase, Inc.
- System for cutting ocular tissue into elementary portions23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207381 A1
- Apparatus for the treatment of glaucoma using ultrashort laser pulses23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207382 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for precision laser surgery784US 5,098,426 APhoenix Laser Systems, Inc. · 1992
- Method for ophthalmological surgery473US 4,665,913 ALri L.P. · 1987
- Ophthalmic surgical laser and method365US 6,325,792 B12001
- Optoacoustic imaging for medical diagnosis364US 5,840,023 A1998
- Method of, and apparatus for, surgery of the cornea329US 6,210,401 B12001