A61B 2018/0022
Balloons
Official title: {Balloons}
A61B2018/0022 (Balloons) appears on 2,481 US grants and 3,412 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,481
- Published applications
- 3,412
- Assignees
- 593
- Inventors
- 3,006
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 31 | 0 |
| 1997 | 21 | 0 |
| 1998 | 60 | 0 |
| 1999 | 46 | 0 |
| 2000 | 47 | 0 |
| 2001 | 46 | 25 |
| 2002 | 49 | 90 |
| 2003 | 62 | 79 |
| 2004 | 47 | 77 |
| 2005 | 47 | 81 |
| 2006 | 33 | 62 |
| 2007 | 37 | 73 |
| 2008 | 27 | 69 |
| 2009 | 26 | 78 |
| 2010 | 39 | 70 |
| 2011 | 51 | 69 |
| 2012 | 51 | 124 |
| 2013 | 70 | 132 |
| 2014 | 99 | 159 |
| 2015 | 128 | 195 |
| 2016 | 122 | 161 |
| 2017 | 117 | 189 |
| 2018 | 124 | 170 |
| 2019 | 132 | 182 |
| 2020 | 136 | 175 |
| 2021 | 120 | 224 |
| 2022 | 103 | 195 |
| 2023 | 141 | 218 |
| 2024 | 144 | 200 |
| 2025 | 179 | 188 |
| 2026 | 104 | 127 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Ablation system with graphical user interface6 Oct 2026US 12,754,665 B2Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Tissue treatment devices, systems, and methods22 Sep 2026US 12,740,821 B2Fractyl Health, Inc.
- Method and end effector for tissue ablation22 Sep 2026US 12,740,827 B2Expandoheat, L.L.C.
- Conformal, non-occluding sensor array for cardiac mapping and ablation22 Sep 2026US 12,741,063 B2Cornell University
- Systems, devices, and methods for ablation of endocardial tissue8 Sep 2026US 12,727,940 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Methods and systems for determining body lumen size8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305978 A1Otsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd.
- Balloon contact assessment using sensors1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294503 A1Medtronic CryoCath LP
- Systems, devices and methods for treating barrett's esophagus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294523 A1Endogenex, Inc.
- Transmitting acoustic and electromagnetic signals from a catheter balloon1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294530 A1Otsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd.
- Active blood pressure feedback for renal denervation17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272541 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Coagulating forceps2,401US 5,443,463 AVesta Medical, LLC · 1995
- Articulating endometrial ablation device2,066US 6,066,132 AEthicon, Inc. · 2000
- Endovascular aortic valve replacement1,735US 5,370,685 AStanford Surgical Technologies, Inc. · 1994
- Catheters for imaging, sensing electrical potentials, and ablating tissue1,725US 6,004,269 ABoston Scientific Corporation · 1999
- Method for ablating interior sections of the tongue1,673US 5,800,379 ASommus Medical Technologies, Inc. · 1998