A61B 2018/00482
Digestive system
Official title: {Digestive system}
A61B2018/00482 (Digestive system) appears on 907 US grants and 1,443 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 907
- Published applications
- 1,443
- Assignees
- 369
- Inventors
- 1,731
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 72 | 80 |
| 2025 | 74 | 86 |
| 2026 | 37 | 62 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Tissue treatment devices, systems, and methods22 Sep 2026US 12,740,821 B2Fractyl Health, Inc.
- Apparatus for targeted tissue area ablation1 Sep 2026US 12,721,679 B1
- Medical devices and related methods for delivering energy and/or fluid25 Aug 2026US 12,714,496 B2Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
- Surgical devices, systems, and methods for control of one visualization with another18 Aug 2026US 12,708,429 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Interface joint for an electrosurgical apparatus18 Aug 2026US 12,712,353 B2Creo Medical Limited
- Systems, devices and methods for treating barrett's esophagus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294523 A1Endogenex, Inc.
- Methods and systems for treating one or more metabolic conditions of a patient1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294527 A1Fractyl Health, Inc.
- Devices, systems, and methods for pulsed electric field treatment of the duodenum1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294528 A1Endogenex, Inc.
- Cryogenic catheter, system, and method for selective ablation of mucosa and submucosa of the gastrointestinal tract24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283674 A1Ágil Therapeutics, Inc.
- Methods and apparatus for treatment of body tissue24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283684 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrosurgical system1,647US 8,562,598 B2Applied Medical Resources Corporation · 2013
- Systems and methods for treating dysfunctions in the intestines and rectum1,586US 6,645,201 B1Curon Medical, Inc. · 2003
- Endoscopic ablation system with a distally mounted image sensor1,534US 7,137,981 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2006
- Medical device with improved wall construction1,483US 7,097,644 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2006
- Method for treating fecal incontinence1,483US 7,699,844 B2Mederi Therapeutics, Inc. · 2010