A61B 2017/22014
The ultrasound transducer being outside patient's body
Official title: {the ultrasound transducer being outside patient's body; with an ultrasound transmission member; with a wave guide; with a vibrated guide wire}
A61B2017/22014 (The ultrasound transducer being outside patient's body) appears on 460 US grants and 588 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 460
- Published applications
- 588
- Assignees
- 185
- Inventors
- 733
- 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
- Ultrasonic hypotube devices for treatment of CTOs and stenotic lesions29 Sep 2026US 12,746,019 B2Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
- Method of operating an articulating ultrasonic surgical instrument22 Sep 2026US 12,740,801 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Ultrasonic therapy catheter systems and wire connector assemblies15 Sep 2026US 12,733,947 B2Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Extracorporeal shock wave device for loading target substance into delivery vehicle25 Aug 2026US 12,714,448 B2Exollence Co., Ltd.
- Atherectomy catheters having movable beads25 Aug 2026US 12,714,457 B2Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
- Ultrasonic catheter1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294391 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Method for controlling a therapeutic ultrasonic interventional system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294452 A1
- System for Comminution of Biomineralizations Using Microbubbles10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263097 A1AVVIO Medical, Inc.
- Shock wave catheter and shock wave catheter system27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248521 A1Shockwave Medical, Inc.
- Systems, devices, and methods for positioning shock wave emitters closer to target lesions in the body20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240556 A1Shockwave Medical, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Endoscopic electrosurgical apparatus2,415US 5,334,183 AValleylab, Inc. · 1994
- Endoscopic ultrasonic aspirators1,862US 4,750,902 ASonomed Technology, Inc. · 1988
- Ultrasonic surgical instruments1,701US 8,430,898 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013
- Ultrasonic surgical instruments with control mechanisms1,397US 9,820,768 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2017
- Surgical instruments with articulating shafts1,382US 9,408,622 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2016