A61B 18/12
By passing a current through the tissue to be heated
Official title: by passing a current through the tissue to be heated, e.g. high-frequency current
A61B18/12 (By passing a current through the tissue to be heated) appears on 20,495 US grants and 25,935 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 25,935
- Assignees
- 3,357
- Inventors
- 18,742
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 1251 | 1309 |
| 2025 | 1096 | 1176 |
| 2026 | 780 | 847 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Recent patents
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- Methods and systems for determining body lumen size8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305978 A1Otsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for diagnosing and treating nasal conditions using tissue biomarkers8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306015 A1Aerin Medical Inc.
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- A rapidly deployable biomedical emf emitting device and methods of use8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306161 A1
- High-frequency connection for a surgical instrument8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306163 A1KARL STORZ GmbH&Co.KG
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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
- Electrosurgical hemostatic device3,014US 5,810,811 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1998