A61B 2018/00232
Having an irregular shape
Official title: {having an irregular shape}
A61B2018/00232 (Having an irregular shape) appears on 319 US grants and 340 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- 1 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Presentation of patient information for cardiac shunting procedures31 Mar 2026US 12,588,967 B2Medtronic, Inc.
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- Cryoadhesive device for left atrial appendage occlusion25 Nov 2025US 12,478,419 B2Medtronic CryoCath LP
- Presentation of patient information for cardiac blood flow procedures25 Nov 2025US 12,478,453 B2Medtronic, Inc.
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- Intravascular lithotripsy balloon1 Jan 2026US 2026/0000453 A1Bolt Medical, Inc.
- Methods for evaluating the integrity of a uterine cavity4 Dec 2025US 2025/0366906 A1Minerva Surgical, Inc.
- Expandable elements for shunting catheters6 Nov 2025US 2025/0339176 A1
- Devices and methods for ablation of tissue11 Sep 2025US 2025/0281231 A1Access Point Technologies EP, Incorporated
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Tunneling instrument for port access multivessel coronary artery bypass surgery1,399US 6,613,069 B2Heartport, Inc. · 2003
- Method of retracting heart tissue in closed-chest heart surgery using endo-scopic retraction1,331US 5,613,937 AHeartport, Inc. · 1997
- Endovascular aortic valve replacement1,284US 5,545,214 AHeartport, Inc. · 1996