A61B 2017/320069
For ablating tissue
Official title: {for ablating tissue}
A61B2017/320069 (For ablating tissue) appears on 1,104 US grants and 1,406 published applications in this corpus.
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- 22 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method of operating an articulating ultrasonic surgical instrument22 Sep 2026US 12,740,801 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Methods of using ultrasound waves for sonodynamic therapy22 Sep 2026US 12,741,161 B2Alpheus Medical, Inc.
- Image guided spinal decompression with contralateral oblique view1 Sep 2026US 12,721,513 B2Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.
- Atherectomy catheter and system1 Sep 2026US 12,721,645 B2Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
- Methods and devices to treat nasal airways14 Jul 2026US 12,678,212 B2Aerin Medical Inc.
- Oscillating surgical bone removal tool with angular displacement8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306125 A1Medtronic PS Medical, Inc.
- Ultrasonic surgical instrument with articulating end effector having a curved blade1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294465 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Methods and apparatus for treatment of body tissue24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283684 A1
- Methods and features for coupling ultrasonic surgical instrument components together17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272496 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Rapid evaporative ionisation mass spectrometry ("reims") and desorption electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry ("desi-ms") analysis of swabs and biopsy samples10 Sep 2026US 2026/0269206 A1Micromass UK Limited
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- Robotically-controlled cable-based surgical end effectors2,844US 8,800,838 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014
- Shiftable drive interface for robotically-controlled surgical tool2,373US 8,616,431 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013
- Bipolar or ultrasonic surgical device2,316US 8,292,888 B2Tyco Healthcare Group LP · 2012
- Surgical instrument soft stop2,256US 9,307,986 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2016