A61B 2018/00404
Blood vessels other than those in or around the heart
Official title: {Blood vessels other than those in or around the heart}
A61B2018/00404 (Blood vessels other than those in or around the heart) appears on 1,987 US grants and 2,866 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,987
- Published applications
- 2,866
- Assignees
- 533
- Inventors
- 2,810
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 16 | 0 |
| 1999 | 15 | 0 |
| 2000 | 31 | 0 |
| 2001 | 29 | 14 |
| 2002 | 18 | 21 |
| 2003 | 26 | 44 |
| 2004 | 19 | 48 |
| 2005 | 19 | 37 |
| 2006 | 27 | 38 |
| 2007 | 18 | 38 |
| 2008 | 13 | 34 |
| 2009 | 23 | 60 |
| 2010 | 29 | 65 |
| 2011 | 37 | 79 |
| 2012 | 45 | 146 |
| 2013 | 73 | 155 |
| 2014 | 72 | 201 |
| 2015 | 150 | 219 |
| 2016 | 133 | 187 |
| 2017 | 112 | 185 |
| 2018 | 112 | 144 |
| 2019 | 127 | 185 |
| 2020 | 133 | 155 |
| 2021 | 128 | 165 |
| 2022 | 104 | 130 |
| 2023 | 100 | 121 |
| 2024 | 132 | 162 |
| 2025 | 127 | 161 |
| 2026 | 77 | 72 |
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
- Modulation of targeted nerve fibers29 Sep 2026US 12,746,060 B2Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing Unlimited Company
- Catheters, systems, and methods for endovascular treatment of a blood vessel29 Sep 2026US 12,746,061 B2TVA Medical, Inc.
- Circularity systems and methods for vessel sealers15 Sep 2026US 12,733,974 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Bi-polar surgical instrument1 Sep 2026US 12,721,671 B2Stryker Corporation
- Methods and systems for determining body lumen size8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305978 A1Otsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd.
- Catheters and methods for endovascular treatment with electrodes8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306165 A1TVA Medical, Inc.
- Estimating tissue stiffness from ringing24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283681 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Laser debulking devices24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283691 A1Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
- Laser catheter having expanding distal end24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283692 A1Koninklijke Philips N. V.
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
- Impedance feedback monitor for electrosurgical instrument2,654US 5,558,671 A1996
- Electrosurgical hemostatic device2,626US 5,709,680 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1998