A61B 18/0206
Ultrasonic
Official title: {ultrasonic, e.g. for destroying tissue or enhancing freezing}
A61B18/0206 (Ultrasonic) appears on 122 US grants and 172 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 122
- Published applications
- 172
- Assignees
- 70
- Inventors
- 213
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 2017 | 3 | 11 |
| 2018 | 6 | 10 |
| 2019 | 11 | 13 |
| 2020 | 8 | 11 |
| 2021 | 12 | 12 |
| 2022 | 9 | 10 |
| 2023 | 3 | 6 |
| 2024 | 8 | 9 |
| 2025 | 8 | 9 |
| 2026 | 5 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Methods and systems to combine RF ablation therapy with device navigation18 Aug 2026US 12,708,435 B2Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC
- Method for treating heart failure by improving ejection fraction of a patient16 Jun 2026US 12,654,036 B2Sonivie Ltd.
- Systems and methods for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea17 Feb 2026US 12,551,259 B2Cryosa, Inc.
- Ultrasonic tool and method for manufacturing the tool27 Jan 2026US 12,533,153 B2Bosonic AG
- Ablation targeting nerves in or near the inferior vena cava and/or abdominal aorta for treatment of hypertension27 Jan 2026US 12,533,181 B2Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Non-invasive nerve and vessel severing device10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263137 A1
- Compositions, treatment systems and methods for improved cooling of lipid-rich tissue13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232366 A1Zeltiq Aesthetics, Inc.
- Method for treating heart failure by improving ejection fraction of a patient25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175053 A1Sonivie Ltd.
- Methods for accessing nerves within bone19 Mar 2026US 2026/0076715 A1Relievant Medsystems, Inc.
- Methods and systems to combine rf ablation therapy with device navigation5 Mar 2026US 2026/0060747 A1Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ultrasonic freeze ablation catheters and probes383US 5,139,496 A1992
- Apparatus and methods for the selective removal of tissue using combinations of ultrasonic energy and cryogenic energy312US 7,572,268 B2Bacoustics, LLC · 2009
- Cryo-ultrasonic surgical instrument265US 4,528,979 AInstitut Fiziki Akademii Nauk Ukrainskoi SSR · 1985
- Cryosurgical probe and method for uterine ablation224US 6,182,666 B2CryoGen, Inc. · 2001
- Cryogenic surgical system and method of use in removal of tissue210US 6,527,765 B22003