A61B 2018/00345
Vascular system
Official title: {Vascular system}
A61B2018/00345 (Vascular system) appears on 6,434 US grants and 8,682 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 6,434
- Published applications
- 8,682
- Assignees
- 1,320
- Inventors
- 7,244
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 161 | 63 |
| 2002 | 111 | 169 |
| 2003 | 163 | 211 |
| 2004 | 103 | 208 |
| 2005 | 107 | 192 |
| 2006 | 97 | 180 |
| 2007 | 106 | 182 |
| 2008 | 80 | 168 |
| 2009 | 79 | 162 |
| 2010 | 112 | 167 |
| 2011 | 121 | 195 |
| 2012 | 147 | 301 |
| 2013 | 183 | 318 |
| 2014 | 185 | 426 |
| 2015 | 300 | 432 |
| 2016 | 295 | 412 |
| 2017 | 260 | 472 |
| 2018 | 269 | 439 |
| 2019 | 347 | 535 |
| 2020 | 389 | 523 |
| 2021 | 381 | 556 |
| 2022 | 320 | 461 |
| 2023 | 375 | 527 |
| 2024 | 438 | 525 |
| 2025 | 401 | 503 |
| 2026 | 303 | 355 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Bipolar forceps6 Oct 2026US 12,751,756 B2Kogent Surgical, LLC
- Catheter with flex circuit distal assembly6 Oct 2026US 12,751,763 B2Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Valve leaflet resection device6 Oct 2026US 12,751,765 B2Medtronic, Inc.
- Ablation system with graphical user interface6 Oct 2026US 12,754,665 B2Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Flexible high-density mapping catheter29 Sep 2026US 12,745,943 B2St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
- Methods and systems for determining body lumen size8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305978 A1Otsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd.
- Medical device and treatment method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306106 A1Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Catheters and methods for endovascular treatment with electrodes8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306165 A1TVA Medical, Inc.
- Ultrasound tissue treatment apparatus and method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306167 A1Healium Medical Ltd
- Catheter with improved temperature response8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306169 A1Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrosurgical hemostatic device4,011US 5,403,312 AEthicon, Inc. · 1995
- Electrosurgical stapling device3,188US 5,735,848 AEthicon, Inc. · 1998
- Electrosurgical hemostatic device3,014US 5,810,811 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1998
- Robotic arm DLUs for performing surgical tasks2,751US 6,231,565 B1United States Surgical Corporation · 2001
- Impedance feedback monitor for electrosurgical instrument2,654US 5,558,671 A1996