A61B 18/0218
With open-end cryogenic probe
Official title: {with open-end cryogenic probe, e.g. for spraying fluid directly on tissue or via a tissue-contacting porous tip}
A61B18/0218 (With open-end cryogenic probe) appears on 349 US grants and 513 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 349
- Published applications
- 513
- Assignees
- 199
- Inventors
- 691
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2004 | 3 | 13 |
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| 2006 | 5 | 9 |
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| 2011 | 8 | 18 |
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| 2018 | 10 | 22 |
| 2019 | 15 | 42 |
| 2020 | 13 | 38 |
| 2021 | 22 | 38 |
| 2022 | 24 | 26 |
| 2023 | 29 | 38 |
| 2024 | 30 | 47 |
| 2025 | 19 | 24 |
| 2026 | 13 | 19 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Cryogenic device and actuator assembly therein8 Sep 2026US 12,727,928 B2Oystershell NV
- Cryosurgery coolant delivery system and method of preparing and using the same8 Sep 2026US 12,727,929 B2Cool Renewal, LLC
- Systems, devices, and methods for ablation and defunctionalization of a gallbladder8 Sep 2026US 12,727,930 B2Ictero Medical, Inc.
- Skin tag removal devices18 Aug 2026US 12,708,423 B2DGI Group LLC
- Surgical cryoprobe for treating cryolesions in the sacroiliac joint area4 Aug 2026US 12,697,159 B2Metrum Cryoflex S.A.
- Devices and methods for mucosal surface remodeling1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294504 A1Aerin Medical Inc.
- Cryogenic catheter, system, and method for selective ablation of mucosa and submucosa of the gastrointestinal tract24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283674 A1Ágil Therapeutics, Inc.
- Cooled injection catheters27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249049 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Cryogenic treatment systems13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232488 A1Channel Medsystems, Inc.
- System and method for tissue treatment6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224268 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Dual action cryoprobe and methods of using the same472US 6,551,309 B1Cryoflex, Inc. · 2003
- Handpiece with electrode and non-volatile memory454US 7,115,123 B2Thermage, Inc. · 2006
- Fluorochemical liquid augmented cryosurgery385US 5,741,248 ATemple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education · 1998
- Apparatus and method for dynamic cooling of biological tissues for thermal mediated surgery369US 5,814,040 AThe Regents of the University of California · 1998
- Methods and apparatus of applying intra-lesional cryotherapy337US 4,802,475 A1989