A61B 2017/00924
For ultrasonic waves
Official title: {for ultrasonic waves}
A61B2017/00924 (For ultrasonic waves) appears on 85 US grants and 66 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 85
- Published applications
- 66
- Assignees
- 50
- Inventors
- 118
- Latest grant
- 21 Apr 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 5 |
| 2020 | 2 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1 | 9 |
| 2022 | 7 | 6 |
| 2023 | 3 | 8 |
| 2024 | 6 | 5 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Trigger thumb treatment devices and methods21 Apr 2026US 12,605,181 B2Sonex Health, Inc.
- Compression device and method for adhering compression device24 Mar 2026US 12,582,556 B2Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
- De Quervain's treatment device11 Nov 2025US 12,465,395 B2Sonex Health, Inc.
- Safety introducer needle assembly12 Aug 2025US 12,383,301 B2Poly Medicure Limited
- Anatomical attachment device and associated method of use17 Jun 2025US 12,329,569 B2Faction Imaging Inc.
- Trigger thumb treatment devices and methods13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232342 A1Sonex Health, Inc.
- Dual-lumen intravascular ultrasound catheter9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191546 A1University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
- Apparatus and methods for trigger digit release4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151155 A1
- De quervain's treatment device5 Feb 2026US 2026/0033861 A1Sonex Health, Inc.
- Ablation catheter and ablation device30 Oct 2025US 2025/0331883 A1Shenzhen Pulsecare Medical Technology Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Catheters for imaging, sensing electrical potentials, and ablating tissue1,725US 6,004,269 ABoston Scientific Corporation · 1999
- Catheters for imaging, sensing electrical potentials, and ablating tissue1,241US 5,588,432 ABoston Scientific Corporation · 1996
- Heart ablation catheter with expandable electrode and method of coupling energy to an electrode on a catheter shaft1,204US 5,860,974 ABoston Scientific Corporation · 1999
- Acoustic ablation760US 5,630,837 ABoston Scientific Corporation · 1997
- Ultrasonic diagnosis and therapy system in which focusing point of therapeutic ultrasonic wave is locked at predetermined position within observation ultrasonic scanning range759US 5,471,988 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1995