A61B 2017/22085
Light-absorbing
Official title: {light-absorbing (A61B2017/22087 takes precedence)}
A61B2017/22085 (Light-absorbing) appears on 101 US grants and 39 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 101
- Published applications
- 39
- Assignees
- 39
- Inventors
- 104
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Compositions and methods for laser lithotripsy using nanoparticle fine-tuned NIR absorption6 Oct 2026US 12,751,766 B2Duke University
- Basket for a catheter device11 Mar 2025US 12,245,784 B2Thrombolex, Inc.
- Basket for a catheter device30 Jan 2024US 11,883,044 B2Thrombolex, Inc.
- Photoacoustic pressure wave generation for intravascular calcification disruption11 Apr 2023US 11,622,779 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Apparatus and methods for scaffolding17 Aug 2021US 11,090,467 B2Alucent Biomedical, Inc.
- Compositions and methods for laser lithotripsy using nanoparticle fine-tuned nir absorption29 May 2025US 2025/0169882 A1Duke University
- Basket For A Catheter Device18 Apr 2024US 2024/0122614 A1Thrombolex, Inc.
- Basket for a catheter device9 Sep 2021US 2021/0275200 A1Thrombolex, Inc.
- Photoacoustic pressure wave generation for intravascular calcification disruption30 Apr 2020US 2020/0129195 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Apparatus and methods for scaffolding2 Apr 2020US 2020/0101269 A1Alucent Biomedical, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for treating an arterial wall injured during angioplasty525US 5,092,841 AWayne State University · 1992
- Method of treatment of atherosclerosis and a balloon catheter for same308US 4,512,762 AThe Beth Israel Hospital Association · 1985
- Hair removal device and method303US 5,226,907 A1993
- Hair removal using optical pulses300US 5,735,844 AThe General Hospital Corporation · 1998
- Apparatus and process for recurving the cornea of an eye290US 4,461,294 A1984