A61N 5/1017
Treatment of the eye
Official title: {Treatment of the eye, e.g. for "macular degeneration"}
A61N5/1017 (Treatment of the eye) appears on 131 US grants and 153 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61N- Granted patents
- 131
- Published applications
- 153
- Assignees
- 48
- Inventors
- 156
- Latest grant
- 21 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 4 |
| 2006 | 1 | 5 |
| 2007 | 5 | 6 |
| 2008 | 1 | 16 |
| 2009 | 7 | 10 |
| 2010 | 12 | 16 |
| 2011 | 10 | 12 |
| 2012 | 12 | 7 |
| 2013 | 14 | 7 |
| 2014 | 10 | 6 |
| 2015 | 6 | 12 |
| 2016 | 9 | 7 |
| 2017 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 7 |
| 2019 | 7 | 6 |
| 2020 | 4 | 5 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3 |
| 2023 | 3 | 9 |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Intensity and dose modulated radiosurgical needle system and method21 Jul 2026US 12,685,878 B2Empyrean Medical Systems, Inc.
- Ophthalmic brachytherapy systems and devices for application of beta radiation21 Apr 2026US 12,605,562 B2Radiance Therapeutics, Inc.
- Conformal system for therapeutic beta or low-energy gamma radiation shielding20 May 2025US 12,303,712 B1IP Liberty Vision Corporation
- Image analysis18 Mar 2025US 12,254,627 B2Merit Cro, Inc.
- Polymeric radiation-sources16 Apr 2024US 11,957,933 B2IP Liberty Vision Corporation
- Methods of treating uveal melanoma with a pkc inhibitor26 Mar 2026US 2026/0083731 A1Ideaya Biosciences, Inc.
- Mouse model for retina degeneration and uses thereof29 Jan 2026US 2026/0026477 A1Children's Medical Center Corporation
- Multi-field radiation treatment plan method and apparatus22 May 2025US 2025/0161713 A1Siemens Healthineers International AG
- Intensity and dose modulated radiosurgical needle system and method15 May 2025US 2025/0152970 A1Empyrean Medical Systems, Inc.
- Image analysis13 Jun 2024US 2024/0193771 A1Merit Cro, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ocular radiosurgery150US 7,680,244 B2Oraya Therapeutics, Inc. · 2010
- Methods for implementing microbeam radiation therapy123US 7,194,063 B2Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC · 2007
- Methods and devices for detecting, controlling, and predicting radiation delivery122US 7,792,249 B2Oraya Therapeutics, Inc. · 2010
- Endocurietherapy98US 6,099,457 AEndotech, Inc. · 2000
- Ophthalmic brachytherapy device86US 6,443,881 B12002