A61B 2018/00517
Urinary bladder or urethra
Official title: {Urinary bladder or urethra}
A61B2018/00517 (Urinary bladder or urethra) appears on 305 US grants and 456 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 305
- Published applications
- 456
- Assignees
- 145
- Inventors
- 647
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 5 |
| 2002 | 6 | 3 |
| 2003 | 9 | 6 |
| 2004 | 6 | 7 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 8 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4 |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 | 7 |
| 2013 | 2 | 8 |
| 2014 | 9 | 19 |
| 2015 | 9 | 30 |
| 2016 | 15 | 30 |
| 2017 | 9 | 27 |
| 2018 | 17 | 21 |
| 2019 | 19 | 36 |
| 2020 | 26 | 34 |
| 2021 | 15 | 32 |
| 2022 | 29 | 42 |
| 2023 | 20 | 42 |
| 2024 | 26 | 32 |
| 2025 | 33 | 34 |
| 2026 | 19 | 20 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Intrauterine morcellation device18 Aug 2026US 12,708,430 B2Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
- Dilating device and method for prostatic urethra18 Aug 2026US 12,708,501 B2
- Internal cold plasma system18 Aug 2026US 12,708,788 B2Plasmology4, Inc.
- Temperature measurement method, temperature measurement device, medical device system, and laser treatment method11 Aug 2026US 12,704,416 B2Olympus Corporation
- Laser ablation surgery system with safety control of temperature and pressure at surgical site and method of use30 Jun 2026US 12,667,423 B2
- Medical laser apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294534 A1Optheras A/S
- Resectoscope device, resection tool and resectoscope27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248549 A1KARL STORZ GmbH&Co.KG
- Resectoscope device and resectoscope27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248550 A1KARL STORZ GmbH&Co.KG
- Surgical tool and handheld electrosurgical instrument, and method for recognizing a surgical tool27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248587 A1Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH
- Laser emission modulation for treatment of calculi13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232377 A1Ipg Photonics Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrosurgical instrument1,972US 6,491,690 B1Gyrus Medical Limited · 2002
- Electrosurgical instrument1,825US 6,090,106 AGyrus Medical Limited · 2000
- Electrosurgical instrument1,734US 6,013,076 AGyrus Medical Limited · 2000
- Electrode assembly for an electrosurical instrument1,705US 6,277,114 B1Gyrus Medical Limited · 2001
- Electrosurgical instrument1,701US 6,234,178 B1Gyrus Medical Limited · 2001