A61B 2017/00274
Prostate operation
Official title: {Prostate operation, e.g. prostatectomy, turp, bhp treatment}
A61B2017/00274 (Prostate operation) appears on 824 US grants and 835 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 824
- Published applications
- 835
- Assignees
- 329
- Inventors
- 1,189
- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
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| 2026 | 10 | 20 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Delivery systems and devices for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia and related lower urinary tract symptoms7 Jul 2026US 12,672,771 B2Prodeon Medical Corporation
- Devices for urethral treatment7 Jul 2026US 12,673,192 B2ProArc Medical Ltd.
- Method and apparatus for laser ablation under ultrasound guidance23 Jun 2026US 12,661,093 B1Convergent Life Sciences, Inc.
- Surgical instrument guide assembly19 May 2026US 12,629,170 B2LSI Solutions, Inc.
- Elongate treatment probe for robotic surgery24 Mar 2026US 12,582,297 B2PROCEPT BioRobotics Corporation
- Implantable devices and methods to treat benign prostate hyperplasia (bph) and associated lower urinary tract symptoms (luts)8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305930 A1Prodeon Medical Corporation
- Using minimally invasive systems for hemostasis of tissue24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283620 A1PROCEPT BioRobotics Corporation
- Three-dimensional reconstruction of anatomical region using three-dimensional ultrasound24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283696 A1
- System for delivery of a fiducial marker27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248583 A1Teleflex Life Sciences Limited
- Methods for deployment of an implant23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207318 A1Zenflow, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Integrated handle assembly for anchor delivery system1,529US 7,905,889 B2NeoTract, Inc. · 2011
- Surgical staple with integral pledget for tip deflection1,329US 9,289,207 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2016
- Medical probe device and method1,238US 5,370,675 AVidamed, Inc. · 1994
- Method and device for tissue removal and for delivery of a therapeutic agent or bulking agent1,212US 7,806,871 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. · 2010
- Devices, systems and methods for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia and other conditions1,207US 7,758,594 B2NeoTract, Inc. · 2010