A61B 2017/22074
The instrument being only slidable in a channel
Official title: {the instrument being only slidable in a channel, e.g. advancing optical fibre through a channel}
A61B2017/22074 (The instrument being only slidable in a channel) appears on 641 US grants and 516 published applications in this corpus.
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Recent patents
- Intravascular catheter having a single through lumen and a separate, independent, removable fluid conduit device assemblable therein16 Jun 2026US 12,653,990 B2Neuravi Limited
- Funnel catheter and novel methods of utilization2 Jun 2026US 12,642,544 B2Vascular Development Corp, LLC
- Medical systems, devices, and related methods thereof26 May 2026US 12,636,028 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Multi-implement surgical device28 Apr 2026US 12,611,327 B2Alcon Inc.
- Catheter with removable vision probe3 Feb 2026US 12,539,400 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Medical systems, devices, and related methods thereof10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263099 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Apparatuses, Methods and Systems for the Percutaneous Treatment of Cholelithiasis3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256485 A1
- Self-pulling occlusion crossing catheter with controlled steering based on impedance sensing6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224240 A1Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Myotomy catheter system and methods for a myotomy catheter system23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207251 A1The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Servic
- Shock wave catheters and methods of use thereof for treating, imaging, and characterizing body lumens21 May 2026US 2026/0137404 A1Shockwave Medical, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrosurgical instrument1,972US 6,491,690 B1Gyrus Medical Limited · 2002
- Method for esophageal invagination and devices useful therein1,836US 5,088,979 AWilson-Cook Medical Inc. · 1992
- Dispensing catheter and method1,832US 4,900,303 A1990
- Apparatus for percutaneously performing myocardial revascularization having controlled cutting depth and methods of use1,732US 6,165,188 AAngioTrax, Inc. · 2000
- Catheters for imaging, sensing electrical potentials, and ablating tissue1,725US 6,004,269 ABoston Scientific Corporation · 1999