A61B 18/18
Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to
Official title: by applying electromagnetic radiation, e.g. microwaves
A61B18/18 (Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to) appears on 10,437 US grants and 12,129 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 10,437
- Published applications
- 12,129
- Assignees
- 2,800
- Inventors
- 12,528
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 0 |
| 1981 | 12 | 0 |
| 1982 | 10 | 0 |
| 1983 | 15 | 0 |
| 1984 | 15 | 0 |
| 1985 | 29 | 0 |
| 1986 | 40 | 0 |
| 1987 | 57 | 0 |
| 1988 | 68 | 0 |
| 1989 | 91 | 0 |
| 1990 | 59 | 0 |
| 1991 | 93 | 0 |
| 1992 | 104 | 0 |
| 1993 | 141 | 0 |
| 1994 | 189 | 0 |
| 1995 | 143 | 0 |
| 1996 | 153 | 0 |
| 1997 | 156 | 0 |
| 1998 | 258 | 0 |
| 1999 | 246 | 0 |
| 2000 | 260 | 0 |
| 2001 | 221 | 85 |
| 2002 | 217 | 267 |
| 2003 | 251 | 260 |
| 2004 | 158 | 305 |
| 2005 | 135 | 329 |
| 2006 | 155 | 292 |
| 2007 | 152 | 376 |
| 2008 | 121 | 489 |
| 2009 | 120 | 442 |
| 2010 | 172 | 537 |
| 2011 | 182 | 490 |
| 2012 | 287 | 507 |
| 2013 | 408 | 695 |
| 2014 | 423 | 723 |
| 2015 | 532 | 648 |
| 2016 | 567 | 606 |
| 2017 | 426 | 601 |
| 2018 | 445 | 543 |
| 2019 | 498 | 590 |
| 2020 | 463 | 552 |
| 2021 | 403 | 564 |
| 2022 | 406 | 498 |
| 2023 | 407 | 479 |
| 2024 | 426 | 525 |
| 2025 | 439 | 449 |
| 2026 | 254 | 277 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Kidney stone treatment system6 Oct 2026US 12,751,728 B2Calyxo, Inc.
- Compositions and methods for laser lithotripsy using nanoparticle fine-tuned NIR absorption6 Oct 2026US 12,751,766 B2Duke University
- Dental lasing device system and method6 Oct 2026US 12,751,792 B2
- Coaxial time-of-flight optical fiber distance measurement6 Oct 2026US 12,754,314 B2Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
- Microwave ablation probe handle with waterproof gasket29 Sep 2026US 12,746,063 B2Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
- Insertion instrument8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305926 A1Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- End cap device for manipulating tissue, related systems, and related methods of use8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306170 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Flexible instruments with patterned antenna assemblies having variable recoverable flexibility8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306171 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- High-precision medical treatment systems in three or higher dimensions and methods utilizing a set of pulsed lasers8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306172 A1Ultrafast Medical Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
- Laser skin treatment optical system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306173 A1BellaMia Technologies, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Robotic arm DLUs for performing surgical tasks2,751US 6,231,565 B1United States Surgical Corporation · 2001
- Gastrointestinal approximating and tissue attaching device2,671US 5,411,508 AThe Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · 1995
- Surgical system for applying ultrasonic energy to tissue2,218US 6,773,409 B2SurgRx, Inc. · 2004
- Accessing data stored in a memory of a surgical instrument2,216US 8,161,977 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2012
- Adjustable angle medical forceps2,198US 5,209,747 A1993