A61N 1/36046
Of the eye
Official title: {of the eye}
A61N1/36046 (Of the eye) appears on 731 US grants and 940 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61N- Granted patents
- 731
- Published applications
- 940
- Assignees
- 269
- Inventors
- 1,146
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 0 |
| 2002 | 8 | 15 |
| 2003 | 5 | 11 |
| 2004 | 3 | 25 |
| 2005 | 3 | 21 |
| 2006 | 26 | 41 |
| 2007 | 14 | 39 |
| 2008 | 7 | 72 |
| 2009 | 11 | 31 |
| 2010 | 23 | 24 |
| 2011 | 39 | 35 |
| 2012 | 41 | 43 |
| 2013 | 56 | 42 |
| 2014 | 36 | 55 |
| 2015 | 55 | 40 |
| 2016 | 41 | 45 |
| 2017 | 44 | 44 |
| 2018 | 52 | 46 |
| 2019 | 29 | 50 |
| 2020 | 44 | 47 |
| 2021 | 26 | 36 |
| 2022 | 39 | 42 |
| 2023 | 20 | 38 |
| 2024 | 22 | 34 |
| 2025 | 30 | 40 |
| 2026 | 18 | 24 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Device for regenerating nerve cells and suppressing immune diseases8 Sep 2026US 12,728,258 B2Samsung Life Public Welfare Foundation
- Medical electrode1 Sep 2026US 12,721,998 B2i-Lumen Scientific, Inc.
- Multidirectional periocular nerve stimulation and associated systems, devices, and methods1 Sep 2026US 12,722,006 B2Verily Life Sciences LLC
- Electrode system for vision treatment and method25 Aug 2026US 12,714,302 B2i-Lumen Scientific, Inc.
- Capacitor testing for implantable stimulators25 Aug 2026US 12,714,855 B2Cochlear Limited
- Smart medical device insertion1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295255 A1Cochlear Limited
- Retina image formation enhancement through active nanoparticle-based photoreceptors1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295257 A1Purdue Research Foundation
- Dry eye treatment device10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263800 A1Lumenis Be Ltd.
- Intraocular drug administration device, agent reservoir, and method for operating intraocular drug administration device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248646 A1Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Systems and methods for detecting and treating neurophysiological impairment6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224130 A1Neursantys, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Retinal stimulator627US 6,458,157 B12002
- Visual prosthesis and method of using same564US 5,935,155 AJohn Hopkins University School of Medicine · 1999
- Three-dimensional electrode device562US 5,215,088 AUniversity of Utah · 1993
- Retinal microstimulation457US 5,109,844 ADuke University · 1992
- Adaptive sensory-motor encoder for visual or acoustic prosthesis386US 6,400,989 B1Intelligent Implants Limited · 2002