A61B 18/201
With beam delivery through a hollow tube
Official title: {with beam delivery through a hollow tube, e.g. forming an articulated arm (through a flexible conduit A61B18/22); Hand-pieces therefor}
A61B18/201 (With beam delivery through a hollow tube) appears on 357 US grants and 333 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 357
- Published applications
- 333
- Assignees
- 181
- Inventors
- 668
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 9 | 7 |
| 2003 | 5 | 3 |
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| 2005 | 5 | 7 |
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| 2019 | 20 | 26 |
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| 2021 | 16 | 30 |
| 2022 | 18 | 14 |
| 2023 | 11 | 14 |
| 2024 | 16 | 13 |
| 2025 | 13 | 13 |
| 2026 | 7 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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