A61B 18/20
Using laser
Official title: using laser
A61B18/20 (Using laser) appears on 7,118 US grants and 8,225 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 7,118
- Published applications
- 8,225
- Assignees
- 2,233
- Inventors
- 9,546
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 8 | 0 |
| 1981 | 9 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
| 1983 | 13 | 0 |
| 1984 | 15 | 0 |
| 1985 | 26 | 0 |
| 1986 | 36 | 0 |
| 1987 | 46 | 0 |
| 1988 | 64 | 0 |
| 1989 | 78 | 0 |
| 1990 | 53 | 0 |
| 1991 | 85 | 0 |
| 1992 | 95 | 0 |
| 1993 | 121 | 0 |
| 1994 | 157 | 0 |
| 1995 | 122 | 0 |
| 1996 | 114 | 0 |
| 1997 | 118 | 0 |
| 1998 | 195 | 0 |
| 1999 | 154 | 0 |
| 2000 | 176 | 0 |
| 2001 | 144 | 60 |
| 2002 | 143 | 183 |
| 2003 | 182 | 181 |
| 2004 | 124 | 220 |
| 2005 | 89 | 240 |
| 2006 | 107 | 205 |
| 2007 | 108 | 275 |
| 2008 | 87 | 385 |
| 2009 | 89 | 310 |
| 2010 | 112 | 347 |
| 2011 | 117 | 305 |
| 2012 | 178 | 337 |
| 2013 | 228 | 383 |
| 2014 | 273 | 403 |
| 2015 | 292 | 427 |
| 2016 | 329 | 381 |
| 2017 | 253 | 376 |
| 2018 | 267 | 350 |
| 2019 | 334 | 412 |
| 2020 | 311 | 387 |
| 2021 | 271 | 392 |
| 2022 | 289 | 371 |
| 2023 | 275 | 351 |
| 2024 | 309 | 398 |
| 2025 | 323 | 352 |
| 2026 | 176 | 194 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 18/22The beam being directed along or through a flexible conduit4,011
- A61B 18/203Applying laser energy to the outside of the body1,431
- A61B 2018/2035Beam shaping or redirectingIndexing code757
- A61B 2018/2015Miscellaneous featuresIndexing code426
- A61B 18/201With beam delivery through a hollow tube357
- A61B 2018/2065MultiwaveIndexing code275
- A61B 2018/2005With beam delivery through an interstitially insertable deviceIndexing code232
- A61B 2018/208With multiple treatment beams not sharing a common pathIndexing code126
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Recent patents
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- Laser skin treatment optical system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306173 A1BellaMia Technologies, Inc.
- Device for real-time non-contact skin temperature measurement8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306174 A1Cynosure, Inc.
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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
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