A61B 2017/00814
Surgery of the tongue
Official title: {Surgery of the tongue, e.g. glossoplasty}
A61B2017/00814 (Surgery of the tongue) appears on 51 US grants and 56 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 51
- Published applications
- 56
- Assignees
- 17
- Inventors
- 73
- Latest grant
- 25 Nov 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 5 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 4 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 3 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 8 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3 |
| 2021 | 4 | 7 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Tongue retractor25 Nov 2025US 12,478,396 B2Linguaflex, Inc.
- Implantable device25 Feb 2025US 12,232,719 B2University of Cape Town
- Suture passer systems and methods for tongue or other tissue suspension and compression21 Jan 2025US 12,201,291 B2Siesta Medical, Inc.
- Implantable device25 Jun 2024US 12,016,547 B2University of Cape Town
- Tongue retractor25 Jun 2024US 12,016,583 B2Linguaflex, Inc.
- Suture passer systems and methods for tongue or other tissue suspension and compression1 May 2025US 2025/0134518 A1Siesta Medical, Inc.
- Tether line systems and methods for tongue or other tissue suspension or compression20 Mar 2025US 2025/0090161 A1Siesta Medical, Inc.
- Implantable device19 Sep 2024US 2024/0307051 A1University of Cape Town
- Tongue Retractor12 Sep 2024US 2024/0299055 A1Linguaflex, Inc.
- Systems and methods for tissue suspension and compression25 Jul 2024US 2024/0245400 A1Siesta Medical, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Cell necrosis apparatus1,835US 5,843,021 ASomnus Medical Technologies, Inc. · 1998
- Method for ablating interior sections of the tongue1,673US 5,800,379 ASommus Medical Technologies, Inc. · 1998
- Methods and devices for the treatment of airway obstruction, sleep apnea and snoring383US 5,988,171 AInfluence Medical Technologies, Ltd. · 1999
- System and method for percutaneous glossoplasty299US 7,992,567 B2Koninklijke Philips Electronics N. V. · 2011
- Method and apparatus for treatment of air way obstructions276US 5,728,094 ASomnus Medical Technologies, Inc. · 1998