- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosissurgeryidentification
- 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. endoscopesIlluminating arrangements therefor characterised by internal passages or accessories therefor
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 1/012
Total number of patents in this class: 696
10-year publication summary
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68
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69
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65
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74
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77
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68
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52
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59
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41
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32
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10126 |
65 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13199 |
57 |
| Covidien LP | 10615 |
29 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3233 |
27 |
| Medos International SARL | 771 |
23 |
| Ambu A/S | 460 |
21 |
| Hoya Corporation | 2734 |
13 |
| EndoChoice, Inc. | 185 |
12 |
| Gyrus ACMI, Inc. | 1198 |
11 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 3999 |
11 |
| FUJIFILM Corporation | 29228 |
9 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 61 |
9 |
| Smart Medical Systems Ltd. | 43 |
8 |
| Neptune Medical Inc. | 85 |
8 |
| joimax GmbH | 147 |
7 |
| Karl STORZ SE & Co. KG | 1639 |
7 |
| A.M. Surgical, Inc. | 80 |
6 |
| The Cleveland Clinic Foundation | 1575 |
6 |
| Digital Endoscopy GmbH | 46 |
5 |
| GI Scientific, LLC | 61 |
5 |
| Other owners | 357 |