- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosis; surgery; identification
- A61B 1/018 - 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 for receiving instruments
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 1/018
Total number of patents in this class: 2478
10-year publication summary
180
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206
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304
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265
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288
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272
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327
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260
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252
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77
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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 |
366 |
Olympus Corporation | 13667 |
335 |
FUJIFILM Corporation | 27102 |
133 |
Covidien LP | 10647 |
96 |
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 3616 |
90 |
Gyrus ACMI, Inc. | 1071 |
63 |
Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3369 |
53 |
Hoya Corporation | 2822 |
48 |
Ambu A/S | 420 |
42 |
Auris Health, Inc. | 774 |
35 |
EndoChoice, Inc. | 183 |
33 |
Olympus Medical Systems Corp. | 1661 |
32 |
Interscope, Inc. | 69 |
26 |
Medos International SARL | 731 |
23 |
Boston Scientific Limited | 906 |
22 |
Karl STORZ SE & Co. KG | 1622 |
19 |
Acclarent, Inc. | 550 |
18 |
Cilag GmbH International | 5813 |
18 |
Apollo Endosurgery, Inc. | 170 |
16 |
Meditrina, Inc. | 55 |
16 |
Other owners | 994 |