A61B 2017/00084
Temperature
Official title: {Temperature}
A61B2017/00084 (Temperature) appears on 2,578 US grants and 2,891 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,578
- Published applications
- 2,891
- Assignees
- 848
- Inventors
- 3,529
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 49 | 0 |
| 1998 | 59 | 0 |
| 1999 | 62 | 0 |
| 2000 | 84 | 0 |
| 2001 | 76 | 36 |
| 2002 | 73 | 95 |
| 2003 | 111 | 115 |
| 2004 | 70 | 113 |
| 2005 | 53 | 93 |
| 2006 | 48 | 83 |
| 2007 | 55 | 122 |
| 2008 | 52 | 162 |
| 2009 | 22 | 134 |
| 2010 | 69 | 109 |
| 2011 | 80 | 136 |
| 2012 | 98 | 139 |
| 2013 | 96 | 87 |
| 2014 | 83 | 93 |
| 2015 | 99 | 124 |
| 2016 | 84 | 100 |
| 2017 | 99 | 131 |
| 2018 | 76 | 117 |
| 2019 | 80 | 179 |
| 2020 | 103 | 101 |
| 2021 | 101 | 145 |
| 2022 | 95 | 142 |
| 2023 | 112 | 120 |
| 2024 | 129 | 85 |
| 2025 | 98 | 85 |
| 2026 | 53 | 45 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Methods of using ultrasound waves for sonodynamic therapy22 Sep 2026US 12,741,161 B2Alpheus Medical, Inc.
- UV radiation devices and methods of use thereof8 Sep 2026US 12,728,281 B2Photon Therapeutics Ltd.
- Surgical instrument with motor disengagement in response to excess torque25 Aug 2026US 12,714,531 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Devices, systems, and methods facilitating fluid-assisted surgical tissue treatment18 Aug 2026US 12,708,395 B2Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
- Umbilical cord clamp and wireless tag systems, methods, and apparatus11 Aug 2026US 12,702,424 B2Divergent Medical Technologies, LLC
- Medical cutting devices with static components having temperature sensors and related methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306109 A1Innovations 4 Surgery, LLC
- Combination ultrasonic and electrosurgical instrument with adjustable energy modalities and method for limiting blade temperature8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306159 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Temperature control in ultrasonic surgical instruments10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263105 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Surgical evacuation sensor arrangements10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263145 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Apparatus And Method For Irradiating a Surface With Light3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257075 A1Pthera LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Combined dissecting, cauterizing, and stapling device3,025US 6,602,252 B2Starion Instruments Corporation · 2003
- Impedance and temperature generator control2,667US 5,496,312 AValleylab, Inc. · 1996
- Coagulating forceps2,401US 5,443,463 AVesta Medical, LLC · 1995
- Combined dissecting, cauterizing, and stapling device2,290US 7,396,356 B2Starion Instruments Corporation · 2008
- Surgical instrument soft stop2,256US 9,307,986 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2016