A61B 2017/320048
Balloon dissectors
Official title: {Balloon dissectors}
A61B2017/320048 (Balloon dissectors) appears on 383 US grants and 386 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 383
- Published applications
- 386
- Assignees
- 125
- Inventors
- 497
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 12 | 4 |
| 2002 | 13 | 12 |
| 2003 | 12 | 12 |
| 2004 | 6 | 21 |
| 2005 | 4 | 8 |
| 2006 | 6 | 9 |
| 2007 | 10 | 15 |
| 2008 | 3 | 18 |
| 2009 | 2 | 21 |
| 2010 | 8 | 20 |
| 2011 | 11 | 19 |
| 2012 | 21 | 24 |
| 2013 | 15 | 13 |
| 2014 | 11 | 19 |
| 2015 | 10 | 22 |
| 2016 | 13 | 19 |
| 2017 | 22 | 21 |
| 2018 | 10 | 11 |
| 2019 | 21 | 17 |
| 2020 | 11 | 9 |
| 2021 | 9 | 14 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 |
| 2024 | 14 | 18 |
| 2025 | 8 | 12 |
| 2026 | 3 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Devices, systems and methods for subdermal coagulation18 Aug 2026US 12,708,426 B2Apyx Medical Corporation
- Systems and methods for endoluminal valve creation5 May 2026US 12,616,499 B2InterVene, Inc.
- Soft tissue cutting device and methods of use20 Jan 2026US 12,527,595 B2Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Methods and systems for performing submucosal medical procedures30 Sep 2025US 12,426,917 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Methods and devices for accessing and retracting a capsule of a joint12 Aug 2025US 12,383,252 B2Stryker Corporation
- Systems and methods for endoluminal valve creation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306131 A1InterVene, Inc.
- Tissue laceration device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248530 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Balloon catheter-assisted traversal of blood vessel obstructions6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224234 A1
- Devices, systems, and methods for separating tissue with a blunt dissector and a fixation member16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198954 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Tissue separating device and associated systems and methods30 Apr 2026US 2026/0114891 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Dissecting cannula and methods of use thereof1,391US 8,267,951 B2nContact Surgical, Inc. · 2012
- Apparatus and method for peritoneal retraction1,212US 5,520,609 AOrigin Medsystems, Inc. · 1996
- Endoscopic inflatable retraction devices1,199US 5,531,856 AOrigin Medsystems, Inc. · 1996
- Self-retracting endoscope1,191US 5,738,629 AOrigin Medsystems, Inc. · 1998
- Methods of using endoscopic inflatable retraction devices1,126US 5,527,264 AOrigin Medsystem, Inc. · 1996