A61B 18/00
Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to
Official title: Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body (eye surgery A61F9/007; ear surgery A61F11/00)
A61B18/00 (Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to) appears on 32,067 US grants and 39,660 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 32,067
- Published applications
- 39,660
- Assignees
- 6,164
- Inventors
- 32,089
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 42 | 0 |
| 1977 | 39 | 0 |
| 1978 | 37 | 0 |
| 1979 | 22 | 0 |
| 1980 | 49 | 0 |
| 1981 | 41 | 0 |
| 1982 | 41 | 0 |
| 1983 | 42 | 0 |
| 1984 | 38 | 0 |
| 1985 | 64 | 0 |
| 1986 | 76 | 0 |
| 1987 | 109 | 0 |
| 1988 | 119 | 0 |
| 1989 | 153 | 0 |
| 1990 | 111 | 0 |
| 1991 | 157 | 0 |
| 1992 | 195 | 0 |
| 1993 | 263 | 0 |
| 1994 | 346 | 0 |
| 1995 | 350 | 0 |
| 1996 | 334 | 0 |
| 1997 | 376 | 0 |
| 1998 | 602 | 0 |
| 1999 | 646 | 0 |
| 2000 | 658 | 0 |
| 2001 | 625 | 233 |
| 2002 | 612 | 769 |
| 2003 | 693 | 845 |
| 2004 | 517 | 934 |
| 2005 | 429 | 1012 |
| 2006 | 443 | 955 |
| 2007 | 474 | 1118 |
| 2008 | 378 | 1276 |
| 2009 | 383 | 1221 |
| 2010 | 623 | 1336 |
| 2011 | 660 | 1366 |
| 2012 | 933 | 1539 |
| 2013 | 1122 | 1646 |
| 2014 | 1158 | 1963 |
| 2015 | 1478 | 1969 |
| 2016 | 1419 | 1916 |
| 2017 | 1381 | 2083 |
| 2018 | 1362 | 1912 |
| 2019 | 1631 | 2323 |
| 2020 | 1680 | 2113 |
| 2021 | 1554 | 2169 |
| 2022 | 1489 | 2000 |
| 2023 | 1569 | 2004 |
| 2024 | 1802 | 1952 |
| 2025 | 1619 | 1766 |
| 2026 | 1123 | 1240 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 18/04Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to21,838
- A61B 2018/00571Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy toIndexing code13,168
- A61B 2018/00315Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy toIndexing code12,843
- A61B 2018/00636Sensing and controlling the application of energyIndexing code10,629
- A61B 2018/00053Mechanical features of the instrument of deviceIndexing code10,480
- A61B 18/18Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to10,437
- A61B 2018/00005Cooling or heating of the probe or tissue immediately surrounding the probeIndexing code4,563
- A61B 18/02Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to3,053
All 13 subgroupsShow fewer
- A61B 2018/0091Handpieces of the surgical instrument or deviceIndexing code2,096
- A61B 2018/00982Combined with or comprising means for visual or photographic inspections inside theIndexing code1,883
- A61B 2018/00994Combining two or more different kinds of non-mechanical energy or combining oneIndexing code1,249
- A61B 2018/00988Means for storing informationIndexing code800
- A61B 2018/00964Features of probesIndexing code191
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrosurgical hemostatic device4,011US 5,403,312 AEthicon, Inc. · 1995
- Hemostatic surgical cutting or stapling instrument3,257US 5,624,452 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1997
- Surgical device for stapling and/or fastening body tissues3,256US 5,389,098 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1995
- Electrosurgical stapling device3,188US 5,735,848 AEthicon, Inc. · 1998
- Combined dissecting, cauterizing, and stapling device3,025US 6,602,252 B2Starion Instruments Corporation · 2003