A61B 2017/00247
Making holes in the wall of the heart
Official title: {Making holes in the wall of the heart, e.g. laser Myocardial revascularization}
A61B2017/00247 (Making holes in the wall of the heart) appears on 1,924 US grants and 2,180 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 2,180
- Assignees
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- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Devices and methods of visualizing and determining depth of penetration in cardiac tissue29 Sep 2026US 12,745,999 B2Ancora Heart, Inc.
- Systems and methods for making encapsulated hourglass shaped stents29 Sep 2026US 12,746,110 B2V-Wave Ltd.
- Methods and devices for puncturing tissue15 Sep 2026US 12,733,955 B2Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
- Tissue engagement devices, systems, and methods8 Sep 2026US 12,727,867 B2Circa Scientific, Inc.
- Apparatus and method for biological tissue puncture expansion1 Sep 2026US 12,721,981 B2Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
- Medical device and treatment method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306106 A1Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Rf septal myectomy tool1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294509 A1Rambam Medtech Ltd.
- Transcatheter device for interatrial anastomosis17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272501 A1Texas Medical Center
- Catheter for forming a fistula27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248555 A1Clearstream Technologies Limited
- Perfusion balloon catheter and related methods27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249055 A1Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Robotic arm DLUs for performing surgical tasks2,751US 6,231,565 B1United States Surgical Corporation · 2001
- Method and apparatus for performing minimally invasive cardiac procedures2,567US 5,855,583 AComputer Motion, Inc. · 1999
- Surgical stapling instrument2,273US 5,732,872 AHeartport, Inc. · 1998
- Methods and apparatus for surgical cutting2,184US 5,697,909 AArthroCare Corporation · 1997
- Flexible instrument2,033US 7,090,683 B2Hansen Medical, Inc. · 2006