- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosissurgeryidentification
- 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. endoscopesIlluminating 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: 2726
10-year publication summary
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207
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304
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265
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291
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283
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341
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267
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257
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246
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116
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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 |
442 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13199 |
344 |
| FUJIFILM Corporation | 29228 |
145 |
| Covidien LP | 10615 |
94 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 3999 |
93 |
| Gyrus ACMI, Inc. | 1198 |
78 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3233 |
58 |
| Hoya Corporation | 2734 |
50 |
| Ambu A/S | 460 |
47 |
| Olympus Medical Systems Corp. | 1794 |
46 |
| Auris Health, Inc. | 857 |
35 |
| EndoChoice, Inc. | 185 |
34 |
| Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited | 846 |
26 |
| Interscope, Inc. | 62 |
25 |
| Medos International SARL | 771 |
24 |
| Karl STORZ SE & Co. KG | 1639 |
24 |
| Boston Scientific Limited | 710 |
20 |
| Cilag GmbH International | 6211 |
18 |
| Acclarent, Inc. | 571 |
17 |
| Meditrina, Inc. | 58 |
17 |
| Other owners | 1089 |