A61B 2018/00363
Epicardium
Official title: {Epicardium}
A61B2018/00363 (Epicardium) appears on 379 US grants and 479 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 379
- Published applications
- 479
- Assignees
- 104
- Inventors
- 527
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 11 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 4 |
| 2002 | 11 | 39 |
| 2003 | 16 | 31 |
| 2004 | 11 | 16 |
| 2005 | 19 | 17 |
| 2006 | 13 | 22 |
| 2007 | 9 | 17 |
| 2008 | 8 | 13 |
| 2009 | 8 | 17 |
| 2010 | 18 | 13 |
| 2011 | 13 | 15 |
| 2012 | 19 | 13 |
| 2013 | 8 | 11 |
| 2014 | 14 | 13 |
| 2015 | 12 | 12 |
| 2016 | 9 | 12 |
| 2017 | 13 | 19 |
| 2018 | 10 | 19 |
| 2019 | 12 | 22 |
| 2020 | 13 | 16 |
| 2021 | 17 | 26 |
| 2022 | 6 | 23 |
| 2023 | 18 | 32 |
| 2024 | 24 | 19 |
| 2025 | 22 | 27 |
| 2026 | 13 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Flexible high-density mapping catheter29 Sep 2026US 12,745,943 B2St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
- Systems, devices, and methods for ablation of endocardial tissue8 Sep 2026US 12,727,940 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Instrument port for epicardial ablation with anatomical epicardial structures and real-time lesion image processor21 Jul 2026US 12,685,584 B2Circa Scientific, Inc.
- High-voltage pulse ablation systems and methods23 Jun 2026US 12,661,173 B2AtriCure, Inc.
- Methods and devices for puncturing tissue16 Jun 2026US 12,653,576 B2Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
- Myotomy catheter system and methods for a myotomy catheter system23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207251 A1The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Servic
- Catheter with pulsed field ablation electrodes2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183057 A1Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Systems and Methods for Ablating a Tissue Region18 Jun 2026US 2026/0166295 A1University of Iowa Research Foundation
- Ablation of Myocardial Tissues with Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Fields11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157795 A1Old Dominion University Research Foundation
- Methods and devices for puncturing tissue4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151160 A1Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Tunneling instrument for port access multivessel coronary artery bypass surgery1,399US 6,613,069 B2Heartport, Inc. · 2003
- Dissecting cannula and methods of use thereof1,391US 8,267,951 B2nContact Surgical, Inc. · 2012
- Method of retracting heart tissue in closed-chest heart surgery using endo-scopic retraction1,331US 5,613,937 AHeartport, Inc. · 1997
- Transmural ablation device with EKG sensor and pacing electrode1,306US 6,905,498 B2AtriCure, Inc. · 2005
- Conduction block verification probe and method of use1,263US 7,542,807 B2Endoscopic Technologies, Inc. · 2009