A61B 2017/22088
Ultrasound absorbing, drug activated by ultrasound
Official title: {ultrasound absorbing, drug activated by ultrasound}
A61B2017/22088 (Ultrasound absorbing, drug activated by ultrasound) appears on 88 US grants and 126 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 88
- Published applications
- 126
- Assignees
- 43
- Inventors
- 193
- Latest grant
- 26 May 2026
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| 2024 | 7 | 6 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 |
| 2026 | 3 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Methods and systems for using phase change nanodroplets to enhance sonothrombolysis26 May 2026US 12,635,974 B2North Carolina State University
- Device for ultrasound assisted thrombolysis10 Feb 2026US 12,544,085 B2Metal Industries Research & Development Centre
- Systems and methods for treating vascular occlusions with catheter based ultrasound3 Feb 2026US 12,539,128 B2Sunnybrook Research Institute
- Method for the treatment of thromboembolism4 Nov 2025US 12,458,379 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Histotripsy for thrombolysis20 May 2025US 12,303,152 B2The Regents of the University of Michigan
- Systems and methods for an ultrasound catheter19 Mar 2026US 2026/0076695 A1SonoVascular, Inc.
- Method for the treatment of thromboembolism5 Mar 2026US 2026/0060706 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Intravascular dual frequency sonothrombolysis mediated with microbubbles/nanodroplets5 Feb 2026US 2026/0033848 A1North Carolina State University
- Histotripsy for thrombolysis15 Jan 2026US 2026/0013888 A1
- Thrombolysis promoting module and interventional thrombus removal device24 Jul 2025US 2025/0235224 A1Beijing HeQingHeChuang Medical Technology Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods and devices for tissue grasping and assessment496US 7,635,329 B2Evalve, Inc. · 2009
- Methods for providing localized therapeutic heat to biological tissues and fluids401US 5,149,319 A1992
- Ultrasound assembly for use with light activated drugs355US 6,176,842 B1Ekos Corporation · 2001
- Methods and devices for tissue grasping and assessment344US 8,052,592 B2Evalve, Inc. · 2011
- Ultrasonic method and apparatus for cosmetic and dermatological applications339US 5,618,275 ASonex International Corporation · 1997