A61B 2018/00041
Heating
Official title: {Heating, e.g. defrosting}
A61B2018/00041 (Heating) appears on 430 US grants and 493 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 430
- Published applications
- 493
- Assignees
- 193
- Inventors
- 690
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 15 | 23 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Methods, systems, and devices for treating nerve spasticity6 Oct 2026US 12,751,858 B2Pacira CryoTech, Inc.
- Combination probe for cryoablation and thermal ablation with external heater15 Sep 2026US 12,733,968 B2Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
- Treatment apparatus for denaturing tissue using RF energy, control method thereof, and treatment method using the same1 Sep 2026US 12,721,667 B2Lutronic Corporation
- Cryoprobe30 Jun 2026US 12,667,405 B2AtriCure, Inc.
- Apparatuses and methods for asymmetric ice formation during cryoablation treatments16 Jun 2026US 12,653,598 B2Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
- Treatment apparatus for denaturing tissue using rf energy, control method thereof, and treatment method using the same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294510 A1Lutronic Corporation
- Cryogenic treatment systems13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232488 A1Channel Medsystems, Inc.
- Multi-filar coil heaters for cryoablation probes6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224266 A1Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
- High pressure, low temperature coupling6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224267 A1BTG International Limited
- Cryoablation system and method23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207244 A1Cryo Medica Inc.
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- Device and method for multi-phase radio-frequency ablation1,283US 5,383,917 A1995
- Integrated tissue heating and cooling apparatus767US 6,273,886 B1Curon Medical, Inc. · 2001
- Apparatus and method for treating cardiac arrhythmias with no discrete target740US 5,718,241 ABiosense, Inc. · 1998