A61B 18/1492
Having a flexible, catheter-like structure
Official title: {having a flexible, catheter-like structure, e.g. for heart ablation (A61B18/1477 takes precedence)}
A61B18/1492 (Having a flexible, catheter-like structure) appears on 8,269 US grants and 11,212 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Catheter with flex circuit distal assembly6 Oct 2026US 12,751,763 B2Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Ablation device and ablation system6 Oct 2026US 12,751,764 B2Hangzhou Dinova EP Technology Co., Ltd.
- Valve leaflet resection device6 Oct 2026US 12,751,765 B2Medtronic, Inc.
- Systems and methods for gap detection during ablation6 Oct 2026US 12,751,789 B2Ablaview, S.L.
- Ablation system with graphical user interface6 Oct 2026US 12,754,665 B2Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Methods and systems for determining body lumen size8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305978 A1Otsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd.
- Catheters and methods for endovascular treatment with electrodes8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306165 A1TVA Medical, Inc.
- Systems and methods for affecting a target tissue via a pulsed field8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306166 A1Field Medical, Inc.
- Ultrasound tissue treatment apparatus and method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306167 A1Healium Medical Ltd
- Energy treatment medical devices, systems, and energy treatment methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306168 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods and apparatus for surgical cutting2,184US 5,697,909 AArthroCare Corporation · 1997
- Systems for identifying catheters and monitoring their use2,160US 5,383,874 AEP Technologies, Inc. · 1995
- Lung treatment apparatus and method2,136US 6,770,070 B1R. ITA Medical Systems, Inc. · 2004
- Systems and methods to identify and disable re-use single use devices based on detecting environmental changes2,126US 6,611,793 B1SciMed Life Systems, Inc. · 2003
- Electrosurgical instrument2,061US 6,056,746 AGyrus Medical Limited · 2000