A61B 2018/00214
Expandable means emitting energy
Official title: {Expandable means emitting energy, e.g. by elements carried thereon}
A61B2018/00214 (Expandable means emitting energy) appears on 4,086 US grants and 5,636 published applications in this corpus.
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- Systems, devices, components and methods for detecting the locations of sources of cardiac rhythm disorders in a patient's heart1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294245 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Cardiac ablation planning and restriction of ablation to electrodes in proximity to the planned ablation zone1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294499 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Directional ablation device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294501 A1Corfigo, Inc.
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