A61B 2017/00101
Using an array of thermosensors
Official title: {using an array of thermosensors}
A61B2017/00101 (Using an array of thermosensors) appears on 303 US grants and 160 published applications in this corpus.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Impedance and temperature generator control2,667US 5,496,312 AValleylab, Inc. · 1996
- Coagulating forceps2,401US 5,443,463 AVesta Medical, LLC · 1995
- Methods and apparatus for surgical cutting2,184US 5,697,909 AArthroCare Corporation · 1997
- Systems for identifying catheters and monitoring their use2,160US 5,383,874 AEP Technologies, Inc. · 1995
- Electrode and associated systems using thermally insulated temperature sensing elements1,691US 5,897,552 AEP Technologies, Inc. · 1999