A61B 2017/00026
Conductivity or impedance
Official title: {Conductivity or impedance, e.g. of tissue}
A61B2017/00026 (Conductivity or impedance) appears on 1,727 US grants and 2,184 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,727
- Published applications
- 2,184
- Assignees
- 481
- Inventors
- 2,386
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 70 | 69 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Surgical devices, systems, and methods for control of one visualization with another18 Aug 2026US 12,708,429 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Electrosurgical system and method for checking the electrical connection between a neutral electrode and a patient18 Aug 2026US 12,708,439 B2Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH
- Electrical analyzer assembly for intravascular lithotripsy device18 Aug 2026US 12,708,442 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Surgical Tool With Proximally Mounted Camera For Use With Cannulas8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306132 A1Viseon, Inc.
- Combination ultrasonic and electrosurgical instrument with adjustable energy modalities and method for limiting blade temperature8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306159 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Method for controlling a therapeutic ultrasonic interventional system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294452 A1
- System and method for controlled ultrasonic sealing and cutting1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294464 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Surgical Drill System With Telescoping Member24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283625 A1Stryker Corporation
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- Surgical instrument with automatically reconfigurable articulating end effector2,515US 7,922,061 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2011