- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosis; surgery; identification
- A61B 1/012 - Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor characterised by internal passages or accessories therefor
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 1/012
Total number of patents in this class: 664
10-year publication summary
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58
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68
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69
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65
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74
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75
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64
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50
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55
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12
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| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 8794 |
57 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13667 |
54 |
| Covidien LP | 10647 |
26 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3369 |
25 |
| Medos International SARL | 731 |
22 |
| Ambu A/S | 420 |
16 |
| Gyrus ACMI, Inc. | 1071 |
12 |
| Hoya Corporation | 2822 |
12 |
| Psip2 LLC | 44 |
12 |
| EndoChoice, Inc. | 183 |
10 |
| FUJIFILM Corporation | 27102 |
9 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 3616 |
9 |
| Smart Medical Systems Ltd. | 51 |
9 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 65 |
8 |
| joimax GmbH | 136 |
7 |
| Karl STORZ Endovision, Inc. | 62 |
7 |
| A.M. Surgical, Inc. | 81 |
6 |
| The Cleveland Clinic Foundation | 1591 |
5 |
| Digital Endoscopy GmbH | 46 |
5 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 1367 |
5 |
| Other owners | 348 |