A61B 2018/00005
Cooling or heating of the probe or tissue immediately surrounding the probe
Official title: {Cooling or heating of the probe or tissue immediately surrounding the probe}
A61B2018/00005 (Cooling or heating of the probe or tissue immediately surrounding the probe) appears on 4,563 US grants and 5,770 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 4,563
- Published applications
- 5,770
- Assignees
- 1,255
- Inventors
- 5,748
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2024 | 251 | 256 |
| 2025 | 211 | 214 |
| 2026 | 133 | 155 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Methods, systems, and devices for treating nerve spasticity6 Oct 2026US 12,751,858 B2Pacira CryoTech, Inc.
- Modulation of targeted nerve fibers29 Sep 2026US 12,746,060 B2Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing Unlimited Company
- Microwave ablation probe handle with waterproof gasket29 Sep 2026US 12,746,063 B2Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
- Insertion instrument8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305926 A1Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- A rapidly deployable biomedical emf emitting device and methods of use8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306161 A1
- Catheter with improved temperature response8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306169 A1Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Treatment apparatus for denaturing tissue using rf energy, control method thereof, and treatment method using the same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294510 A1Lutronic Corporation
- Catheter with composite construction24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283687 A1Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrosurgical jaw structure for controlled energy delivery2,489US 6,770,072 B1SurgRx, Inc. · 2004
- Method and apparatus for ultrasonic surgical fragmentation and removal of tissue2,213US 4,827,911 ACooper LaserSonics, Inc. · 1989
- Methods and apparatus for surgical cutting2,184US 5,697,909 AArthroCare Corporation · 1997
- Method and apparatus for providing enhanced tissue fragmentation and/or hemostasis2,164US 4,931,047 ACavitron Corporation · 1990
- Apparatus for providing enhanced tissue fragmentation and/or hemostasis2,150US 5,015,227 AValleylab, Inc. · 1991