A61B 18/10
Power sources therefor
A61B18/10 (Power sources therefor) appears on 275 US grants and 315 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 275
- Published applications
- 315
- Assignees
- 120
- Inventors
- 428
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 11 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 2 |
| 2003 | 5 | 7 |
| 2004 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 |
| 2006 | 3 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 4 |
| 2009 | 0 | 8 |
| 2010 | 4 | 19 |
| 2011 | 1 | 5 |
| 2012 | 4 | 14 |
| 2013 | 16 | 19 |
| 2014 | 9 | 24 |
| 2015 | 16 | 26 |
| 2016 | 19 | 19 |
| 2017 | 17 | 39 |
| 2018 | 20 | 15 |
| 2019 | 22 | 22 |
| 2020 | 18 | 19 |
| 2021 | 15 | 16 |
| 2022 | 17 | 13 |
| 2023 | 5 | 9 |
| 2024 | 16 | 13 |
| 2025 | 11 | 8 |
| 2026 | 8 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Ablation system, methods, and controllers15 Sep 2026US 12,733,969 B2St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
- Active electrosurgical instrument25 Aug 2026US 12,714,487 B2Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH
- Power control arrangements for surgical instruments and batteries23 Jun 2026US 12,661,096 B2Cilag GmbH International
- High-voltage pulse ablation systems and methods23 Jun 2026US 12,661,173 B2AtriCure, Inc.
- Methods and systems for delivering drugs through skin of a body21 Apr 2026US 12,605,539 B2PassPort Technologies, Inc.
- Control system and method for controlling an operation performed via a medical instrument16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198989 A1Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH
- Surgical end effector with bipolar and isolated monopolar electrodes and related methods11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157786 A1
- Ablation devices and related methods11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157796 A1DFine, Inc.
- Amplifier interface for multi-electrode catheter2 Apr 2026US 2026/0090755 A1St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
- Surgical instrument22 Jan 2026US 2026/0020893 A1Livsmed Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Power control arrangements for surgical instruments and batteries2,057US 8,632,525 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014
- Cautery apparatus and method1,500US 6,482,200 B22002
- Method of manipulating matter in a mammalian body1,255US 6,447,523 B1Medtronic, Inc. · 2002
- Ablation catheter1,203US 5,100,423 AMedical Engineering & Development Institute, Inc. · 1992
- Power control arrangements for surgical instruments and batteries1,086US 10,039,529 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2018