A61B 2018/00178
Electrical connectors
Official title: {Electrical connectors}
A61B2018/00178 (Electrical connectors) appears on 1,292 US grants and 1,684 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,292
- Published applications
- 1,684
- Assignees
- 378
- Inventors
- 2,286
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 62 | 125 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Microwave ablation probe handle with waterproof gasket29 Sep 2026US 12,746,063 B2Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
- Systems and methods for treating tissue with pulsed field ablation22 Sep 2026US 12,740,825 B2Kardium Inc.
- Apparatus for targeted tissue area ablation1 Sep 2026US 12,721,679 B1
- High density flat balloon catheter25 Aug 2026US 12,714,485 B2St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
- A rapidly deployable biomedical emf emitting device and methods of use8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306161 A1
- High-frequency connection for a surgical instrument8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306163 A1KARL STORZ GmbH&Co.KG
- Catheter with multiple cryotherapy delivery sites1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294500 A1
- Technologies for maintaining electrical connectivity in rotating components of energy-based surgical instruments1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294517 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Electrosurgical forceps including a thick tissue sensor1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294518 A1Covidien LP
Most cited
By later US patents
- Local in-device memory feature for electrically powered medical equipment2,344US 5,400,267 AHemostatix Corporation · 1995
- Robotic tool with monopolar electro-surgical scissors2,278US 6,994,708 B2Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 2006
- Methods and apparatus for surgical cutting2,184US 5,697,909 AArthroCare Corporation · 1997
- Systems for identifying catheters and monitoring their use2,160US 5,383,874 AEP Technologies, Inc. · 1995
- Electrosurgical instrument and an electrosurgical electrode assembly2,131US 6,074,386 AGyrus Medical Limited · 2000