- 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: 3992
10-year publication summary
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320
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393
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396
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467
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525
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474
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392
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362
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311
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203
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Olympus Corporation | 13175 |
562 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10280 |
165 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 4056 |
159 |
| FUJIFILM Corporation | 29399 |
133 |
| Cilag GmbH International | 6250 |
133 |
| Ambu A/S | 461 |
93 |
| EndoChoice, Inc. | 183 |
77 |
| Covidien LP | 10652 |
67 |
| Hoya Corporation | 2744 |
60 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2802 |
58 |
| Karl STORZ SE & Co. KG | 1677 |
53 |
| Olympus Medical Systems Corp. | 1795 |
50 |
| Gyrus ACMI, Inc. | 1213 |
47 |
| Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH | 689 |
45 |
| Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc. | 371 |
45 |
| Karl STORZ Imaging, Inc. | 239 |
37 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 1367 |
32 |
| Auris Health, Inc. | 866 |
32 |
| Evident Corporation | 1024 |
32 |
| Medos International SARL | 773 |
31 |
| Other owners | 2081 |