A61B 2018/00077
High, i.e. electrically conducting
Official title: {high, i.e. electrically conducting}
A61B2018/00077 (High, i.e. electrically conducting) appears on 850 US grants and 1,286 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 850
- Published applications
- 1,286
- Assignees
- 322
- Inventors
- 1,844
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2023 | 78 | 89 |
| 2024 | 94 | 102 |
| 2025 | 90 | 120 |
| 2026 | 62 | 99 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Bipolar forceps6 Oct 2026US 12,751,756 B2Kogent Surgical, LLC
- High frequency output device and invasive tip therefor6 Oct 2026US 12,751,759 B2Wontech Co., Ltd.
- Temperature control for IRE29 Sep 2026US 12,746,056 B2Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Thrombectomy treatment system29 Sep 2026US 12,746,062 B2Covidien LP
- Thermal cutting assembly with conductive bridge22 Sep 2026US 12,740,822 B2Covidien LP
- Technologies for maintaining electrical connectivity in rotating components of energy-based surgical instruments1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294517 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Radiofrequency perforation apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294582 A1Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
- Ablation treatment devices and methods17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272532 A1Pulse Biosciences, Inc.
- Folding fan catheter with electrodes17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272547 A1Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Multi-function electrosurgical device, and associated systems and methods10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263141 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrosurgical jaw structure for controlled energy delivery2,489US 6,770,072 B1SurgRx, Inc. · 2004
- Electrosurgical working end with replaceable cartridges2,232US 7,041,102 B2SurgRx, Inc. · 2006
- Electrosurgical jaw structure for controlled energy delivery2,207US 6,929,644 B2SurgRx, Inc. · 2005
- Method and apparatus for providing enhanced tissue fragmentation and/or hemostasis2,164US 4,931,047 ACavitron Corporation · 1990
- Jaw structure for electrosurgical instrument2,158US 6,905,497 B2SurgRx, Inc. · 2005