A61B 2018/00089
Thermal conductivity
Official title: {Thermal conductivity}
A61B2018/00089 (Thermal conductivity) appears on 762 US grants and 878 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 762
- Published applications
- 878
- Assignees
- 309
- Inventors
- 1,252
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 28 | 32 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Bipolar forceps6 Oct 2026US 12,751,756 B2Kogent Surgical, LLC
- Combination probe for cryoablation and thermal ablation with external heater15 Sep 2026US 12,733,968 B2Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
- Detection mechanism, radio-frequency ablation catheter and radio-frequency ablation system15 Sep 2026US 12,733,975 B2Hangzhou Broncus Medical Co., Ltd.
- Apparatus for targeted tissue area ablation1 Sep 2026US 12,721,679 B1
- Single-handed electrosurgical device and methods thereof1 Sep 2026US 12,721,753 B2West Virginia University Board of Governors on behalf of West Virginia University
- Catheter with improved temperature response8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306169 A1Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Cryoablation system and method for treating breast tumor excision cavity margins with adaptive contact, tissue compression, and controlled cryogenic temperature delivery10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263136 A1
- Electrocautery devices, systems and methods for transseptal access10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263149 A1
- Plasma probe for medical treatment of tissue20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240586 A1Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH
- Multi-filar coil heaters for cryoablation probes6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224266 A1Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Systems for identifying catheters and monitoring their use2,160US 5,383,874 AEP Technologies, Inc. · 1995
- Cell necrosis apparatus1,835US 5,843,021 ASomnus Medical Technologies, Inc. · 1998
- Tissue welding and cutting apparatus and method1,773US 7,918,848 B2Maquet Cardiovascular LLC · 2011
- Technique for electrosurgical tips and method of manufacture and use1,728US 5,382,247 AValleylab, Inc. · 1995
- Electrosurgical system1,709US 6,241,723 B1Team Medical, LLC · 2001