A61B 18/26
For producing a shock wave
Official title: for producing a shock wave, e.g. laser lithotripsy
A61B18/26 (For producing a shock wave) appears on 505 US grants and 747 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 505
- Published applications
- 747
- Assignees
- 220
- Inventors
- 979
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 9 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 12 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 12 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 1 |
| 2002 | 14 | 11 |
| 2003 | 11 | 7 |
| 2004 | 5 | 8 |
| 2005 | 3 | 9 |
| 2006 | 2 | 7 |
| 2007 | 3 | 6 |
| 2008 | 4 | 12 |
| 2009 | 4 | 11 |
| 2010 | 5 | 11 |
| 2011 | 4 | 15 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3 |
| 2013 | 9 | 16 |
| 2014 | 7 | 8 |
| 2015 | 7 | 24 |
| 2016 | 9 | 21 |
| 2017 | 12 | 30 |
| 2018 | 12 | 33 |
| 2019 | 29 | 38 |
| 2020 | 24 | 44 |
| 2021 | 14 | 68 |
| 2022 | 37 | 58 |
| 2023 | 39 | 74 |
| 2024 | 51 | 89 |
| 2025 | 59 | 92 |
| 2026 | 41 | 51 |
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.
- Impact-during-suction surgical ureteroscope15 Sep 2026US 12,733,977 B2Ningbo Xinwell Medical Technology Co., Ltd
- Acoustic performance monitoring system and method within intravascular lithotripsy device8 Sep 2026US 12,727,942 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Extracorporeal shock wave device for loading target substance into delivery vehicle25 Aug 2026US 12,714,448 B2Exollence Co., Ltd.
- Laser device, hand-piece and method for lipolysis18 Aug 2026US 12,708,441 B2El. En. S.P.A.
- Insertion instrument8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305926 A1Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Device and method for highly efficient hard and soft tissue ablation1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294536 A1
- Power supply for surgical laser console1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294537 A1Lumenis Ltd.
- Urinary stone edge detection for laser lithotripsy1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294538 A1Lumenis Ltd.
- Surgical laser system control based on interpolated fiber damage for laser lithotripsy1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294539 A1Lumenis Ltd.
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By later US patents
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- Ultrashort pulse high repetition rate laser system for biological tissue processing480US 5,720,894 AThe Regents of the University of California · 1998
- Basket apparatus375US 9,955,986 B2Auris Surgical Robotics, Inc. · 2018
- Object capture with a basket373US 9,949,749 B2Auris Surgical Robotics, Inc. · 2018
- Ophthalmic surgical laser and method365US 6,325,792 B12001