A61B 2018/00029
Open
Official title: {open}
A61B2018/00029 (Open) appears on 1,601 US grants and 1,961 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,601
- Published applications
- 1,961
- Assignees
- 499
- Inventors
- 2,198
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 21 | 0 |
| 1998 | 36 | 0 |
| 1999 | 29 | 0 |
| 2000 | 41 | 0 |
| 2001 | 53 | 16 |
| 2002 | 37 | 46 |
| 2003 | 39 | 43 |
| 2004 | 32 | 44 |
| 2005 | 25 | 56 |
| 2006 | 21 | 42 |
| 2007 | 25 | 33 |
| 2008 | 32 | 54 |
| 2009 | 21 | 65 |
| 2010 | 30 | 68 |
| 2011 | 30 | 57 |
| 2012 | 32 | 67 |
| 2013 | 43 | 63 |
| 2014 | 51 | 103 |
| 2015 | 70 | 95 |
| 2016 | 66 | 102 |
| 2017 | 77 | 123 |
| 2018 | 65 | 106 |
| 2019 | 83 | 111 |
| 2020 | 101 | 121 |
| 2021 | 86 | 115 |
| 2022 | 89 | 99 |
| 2023 | 82 | 125 |
| 2024 | 108 | 98 |
| 2025 | 84 | 65 |
| 2026 | 48 | 44 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Catheter with flex circuit distal assembly6 Oct 2026US 12,751,763 B2Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Modulation of targeted nerve fibers29 Sep 2026US 12,746,060 B2Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing Unlimited Company
- Bi-polar surgical instrument1 Sep 2026US 12,721,671 B2Stryker Corporation
- Catheter instrument with three pull wires18 Aug 2026US 12,708,432 B2Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Catheter with stretchable irrigation tube4 Aug 2026US 12,697,170 B2Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Catheter with improved temperature response8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306169 A1Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Catheter with composite construction24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283687 A1Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Barrel electrodes for a basket catheter, and methods of the same17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272543 A1Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Expandable basket assemblies with linear spine patterns for improved tissue contact and methods for making thereof27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248557 A1Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Cooled injection catheters27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249049 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrosurgical jaw structure for controlled energy delivery2,489US 6,770,072 B1SurgRx, Inc. · 2004
- Methods and apparatus for surgical cutting2,184US 5,697,909 AArthroCare Corporation · 1997
- Lung treatment apparatus and method2,136US 6,770,070 B1R. ITA Medical Systems, Inc. · 2004
- Fluid-assisted medical devices, systems and methods1,803US 6,953,461 B2TissueLink Medical, Inc. · 2005
- Catheters for imaging, sensing electrical potentials, and ablating tissue1,725US 6,004,269 ABoston Scientific Corporation · 1999