• All sections
  • A - Human necessities
  • A61B - Diagnosissurgeryidentification
  • A61B 1/05 - Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopesIlluminating arrangements therefor combined with photographic or television appliances characterised by the image sensor, e.g. camera, being in the distal end portion

Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 1/05

Total number of patents in this class: 3924

10-year publication summary

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475
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Principal owners for this class

Owner
All patents
This class
Olympus Corporation
13201
561
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
10101
161
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
3990
157
FUJIFILM Corporation
29208
133
Cilag GmbH International
6198
131
Ambu A/S
460
91
EndoChoice, Inc.
185
76
Covidien LP
10610
68
Hoya Corporation
2733
58
Depuy Synthes Products, LLC
2815
58
Karl STORZ SE & Co. KG
1637
52
Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
1195
45
Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
1793
45
Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
369
44
Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH
684
43
Karl STORZ Imaging, Inc.
227
38
Ethicon, LLC
1367
32
Auris Health, Inc.
857
32
Evident Corporation
1028
32
Medos International SARL
769
30
Other owners 2037