A61B 18/08
By means of electrically-heated probes
Official title: by means of electrically-heated probes
A61B18/08 (By means of electrically-heated probes) appears on 2,102 US grants and 2,556 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,102
- Published applications
- 2,556
- Assignees
- 675
- Inventors
- 2,956
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 12 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987 | 10 | 0 |
| 1988 | 10 | 0 |
| 1989 | 16 | 0 |
| 1990 | 10 | 0 |
| 1991 | 16 | 0 |
| 1992 | 13 | 0 |
| 1993 | 18 | 0 |
| 1994 | 20 | 0 |
| 1995 | 21 | 0 |
| 1996 | 27 | 0 |
| 1997 | 21 | 0 |
| 1998 | 24 | 0 |
| 1999 | 27 | 0 |
| 2000 | 40 | 0 |
| 2001 | 30 | 11 |
| 2002 | 25 | 30 |
| 2003 | 42 | 53 |
| 2004 | 29 | 46 |
| 2005 | 20 | 38 |
| 2006 | 22 | 43 |
| 2007 | 24 | 62 |
| 2008 | 23 | 56 |
| 2009 | 19 | 55 |
| 2010 | 28 | 75 |
| 2011 | 36 | 69 |
| 2012 | 50 | 91 |
| 2013 | 68 | 138 |
| 2014 | 73 | 154 |
| 2015 | 102 | 149 |
| 2016 | 122 | 144 |
| 2017 | 99 | 187 |
| 2018 | 97 | 124 |
| 2019 | 129 | 176 |
| 2020 | 113 | 170 |
| 2021 | 105 | 167 |
| 2022 | 107 | 122 |
| 2023 | 100 | 126 |
| 2024 | 130 | 115 |
| 2025 | 126 | 103 |
| 2026 | 62 | 52 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Handheld battery-powered vapor delivery devices and methods1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294505 A1
- Devices, systems, and methods for pulsed electric field treatment of the duodenum1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294528 A1Endogenex, Inc.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Combined dissecting, cauterizing, and stapling device3,025US 6,602,252 B2Starion Instruments Corporation · 2003
- Electrosurgical instrument2,373US 6,926,716 B2SurgRx, Inc. · 2005
- Combined dissecting, cauterizing, and stapling device2,290US 7,396,356 B2Starion Instruments Corporation · 2008
- Surgical instrument soft stop2,256US 9,307,986 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2016
- Combined dissecting, cauterizing, and stapling device2,224US 6,821,273 B2Starion Instruments Corporation · 2004