A61B 18/1477
Needle-like probes
Official title: {Needle-like probes}
A61B18/1477 (Needle-like probes) appears on 2,235 US grants and 2,979 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,235
- Published applications
- 2,979
- Assignees
- 709
- Inventors
- 3,058
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 44 | 17 |
| 2002 | 53 | 94 |
| 2003 | 69 | 53 |
| 2004 | 40 | 85 |
| 2005 | 37 | 102 |
| 2006 | 33 | 109 |
| 2007 | 46 | 95 |
| 2008 | 49 | 101 |
| 2009 | 37 | 112 |
| 2010 | 61 | 104 |
| 2011 | 56 | 121 |
| 2012 | 88 | 117 |
| 2013 | 105 | 128 |
| 2014 | 104 | 157 |
| 2015 | 114 | 150 |
| 2016 | 116 | 140 |
| 2017 | 100 | 126 |
| 2018 | 104 | 145 |
| 2019 | 95 | 160 |
| 2020 | 102 | 135 |
| 2021 | 112 | 131 |
| 2022 | 99 | 134 |
| 2023 | 90 | 116 |
| 2024 | 115 | 132 |
| 2025 | 106 | 124 |
| 2026 | 57 | 91 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Deployable assembly sleeve for ablation probe with deployable sensors22 Sep 2026US 12,740,819 B2CPSI Holdings LLC
- Medicine injection tip, hand piece, and skin treatment device22 Sep 2026US 12,741,101 B2Jeisys Medical Inc.
- Detection mechanism, radio-frequency ablation catheter and radio-frequency ablation system15 Sep 2026US 12,733,975 B2Hangzhou Broncus Medical Co., Ltd.
- Methods and systems for draining cerebrospinal fluid into the venous system15 Sep 2026US 12,734,344 B2Cerevasc, Inc.
- Selective modulation of intracellular effects of cells using pulsed electric fields18 Aug 2026US 12,708,766 B2Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
- Diathermy probes for ophthalmic procedures1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294681 A1Alcon Inc.
- Biopsy device and method of performing a biopsy24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283603 A1Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
- Methods and systems for real-time planning and monitoring of ablation needle deployment in tissue17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272537 A1Gynesonics, Inc.
- Surgical evacuation sensor arrangements10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263145 A1Cilag GmbH International
- High surface area electrodes for invasive medical devices27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248432 A1Neuronoff, Inc.
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- Electrosurgical forceps with needle electrodes2,160US 6,190,386 B1Everest Medical Corporation · 2001
- Lung treatment apparatus and method2,136US 6,770,070 B1R. ITA Medical Systems, Inc. · 2004