• 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: 3918

10-year publication summary

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396
470
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475
391
362
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Principal owners for this class

Owner
All patents
This class
Olympus Corporation
13202
561
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
10084
161
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
3988
157
FUJIFILM Corporation
29188
133
Cilag GmbH International
6211
131
Ambu A/S
460
91
EndoChoice, Inc.
185
76
Covidien LP
10594
68
Hoya Corporation
2733
58
Depuy Synthes Products, LLC
2817
58
Karl STORZ SE & Co. KG
1638
52
Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
1195
45
Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
1797
45
Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
369
44
Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH
683
43
Karl STORZ Imaging, Inc.
227
38
Ethicon, LLC
1367
32
Evident Corporation
1026
32
Auris Health, Inc.
855
31
Medos International SARL
768
30
Other owners 2032