A61B 2017/22007
Cavitation or pseudocavitation, i.e. creation of gas bubbles generating a secondary shock
Official title: {Cavitation or pseudocavitation, i.e. creation of gas bubbles generating a secondary shock wave when collapsing}
A61B2017/22007 (Cavitation or pseudocavitation, i.e. creation of gas bubbles generating a secondary shock) appears on 331 US grants and 432 published applications in this corpus.
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Recent patents
- Ultrasonic hypotube devices for treatment of CTOs and stenotic lesions29 Sep 2026US 12,746,019 B2Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
- Histotripsy excitation sequences optimized for bubble cloud formation using shock scattering29 Sep 2026US 12,746,413 B2HistoSonics, Inc.
- System for treating occlusions in body lumens18 Aug 2026US 12,708,384 B2Shockwave Medical, Inc.
- Mechanical pulsed ultrasound therapy for modulating neural tissue microenvironments11 Aug 2026US 12,702,870 B2Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
- Electrode design for directional lithotripsy catheters16 Jun 2026US 12,653,560 B2Shockwave Medical, Inc.
- Targeting Microbubbles17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273061 A1California Institute of Technology
- System for Comminution of Biomineralizations Using Microbubbles10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263097 A1AVVIO Medical, Inc.
- Burst mode operation of intravascular lithotripsy (ivl)10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263098 A1Shockwave Medical, Inc.
- Electrode design for directional lithotripsy catheters27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248523 A1Shockwave Medical, Inc.
- Histotripsy systems and methods20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241208 A1
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- Endoscopic electrosurgical apparatus2,415US 5,334,183 AValleylab, Inc. · 1994
- Endoscopic ultrasonic aspirators1,862US 4,750,902 ASonomed Technology, Inc. · 1988
- Medical procedures and apparatus using intrabody probes1,425US 6,332,089 B1Biosense, Inc. · 2001
- Ultrasonic device for tissue ablation and sheath for use therewith730US 6,524,251 B2OmniSonics Medical Technologies, Inc. · 2003
- Intravascular ultrasonic catheter/probe and method for treating intravascular blockage651US 4,870,953 A1989