A61B 2018/0025
Multiple balloons
Official title: {Multiple balloons}
A61B2018/0025 (Multiple balloons) appears on 416 US grants and 509 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 416
- Published applications
- 509
- Assignees
- 151
- Inventors
- 628
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 33 | 0 |
| 1999 | 16 | 0 |
| 2000 | 12 | 0 |
| 2001 | 16 | 8 |
| 2002 | 22 | 35 |
| 2003 | 15 | 22 |
| 2004 | 13 | 19 |
| 2005 | 15 | 20 |
| 2006 | 9 | 18 |
| 2007 | 6 | 18 |
| 2008 | 5 | 14 |
| 2009 | 6 | 6 |
| 2010 | 6 | 1 |
| 2011 | 19 | 8 |
| 2012 | 6 | 24 |
| 2013 | 5 | 15 |
| 2014 | 13 | 10 |
| 2015 | 14 | 18 |
| 2016 | 11 | 18 |
| 2017 | 12 | 22 |
| 2018 | 18 | 25 |
| 2019 | 14 | 30 |
| 2020 | 19 | 34 |
| 2021 | 15 | 25 |
| 2022 | 10 | 31 |
| 2023 | 22 | 31 |
| 2024 | 15 | 20 |
| 2025 | 21 | 19 |
| 2026 | 12 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Systems, devices, and methods for ablation of endocardial tissue8 Sep 2026US 12,727,940 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Chemical ablation therapy delivery system11 Aug 2026US 12,702,464 B2Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing Unlimited Company
- Transmitting acoustic and electromagnetic signals from a catheter balloon21 Jul 2026US 12,685,585 B2Otsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd.
- Devices and methods for pulmonary hypertension treatment7 Jul 2026US 12,673,224 B2Sonivie Ltd.
- Systems, devices, and methods for ablation of endocardial tissue16 Jun 2026US 12,653,610 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Balloon contact assessment using sensors1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294503 A1Medtronic CryoCath LP
- Transmitting acoustic and electromagnetic signals from a catheter balloon1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294530 A1Otsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd.
- Methods and Devices for Endovascular Treatment13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232367 A1
- Irrigated balloon catheter for the ablation of tissue23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207253 A1Stockert GmbH
- Intestinal catheter device and system16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198985 A1Fractyl Health, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Endovascular aortic valve replacement1,735US 5,370,685 AStanford Surgical Technologies, Inc. · 1994
- Method for ablating interior sections of the tongue1,673US 5,800,379 ASommus Medical Technologies, Inc. · 1998
- Apparatus for ablating turbinates1,524US 6,517,535 B2Gyrus Ent, L.L.C. · 2003
- 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