A61B 2018/00541
Lung or bronchi
Official title: {Lung or bronchi}
A61B2018/00541 (Lung or bronchi) appears on 598 US grants and 962 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 598
- Published applications
- 962
- Assignees
- 184
- Inventors
- 870
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 0 |
| 2002 | 4 | 10 |
| 2003 | 4 | 9 |
| 2004 | 4 | 7 |
| 2005 | 1 | 17 |
| 2006 | 4 | 16 |
| 2007 | 5 | 19 |
| 2008 | 4 | 2 |
| 2009 | 4 | 12 |
| 2010 | 9 | 8 |
| 2011 | 8 | 12 |
| 2012 | 12 | 23 |
| 2013 | 10 | 31 |
| 2014 | 15 | 51 |
| 2015 | 26 | 52 |
| 2016 | 23 | 46 |
| 2017 | 27 | 45 |
| 2018 | 38 | 40 |
| 2019 | 37 | 82 |
| 2020 | 42 | 69 |
| 2021 | 35 | 96 |
| 2022 | 55 | 61 |
| 2023 | 62 | 74 |
| 2024 | 69 | 71 |
| 2025 | 59 | 77 |
| 2026 | 34 | 32 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Devices and methods for treating lung tumors8 Sep 2026US 12,727,939 B2Pusan National University Technology Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Apparatuses and methods for injuring nerve tissue1 Sep 2026US 12,721,677 B2Nuvaira, Inc.
- Apparatus for targeted tissue area ablation1 Sep 2026US 12,721,679 B1
- Surgical devices, systems, and methods for control of one visualization with another18 Aug 2026US 12,708,429 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Compact delivery pulmonary treatment systems and methods for improving pulmonary function18 Aug 2026US 12,708,440 B2Nuvaira, Inc.
- Apparatus, system, and method for computer modulated surgical laser intensity17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272580 A1IX Innovation LLC
- Treatment of asthma and copd with pulsed electric field ablation and precision drug delivery27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248556 A1Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
- Systems and methods for localized endoluminal thermal liquid treatment23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207256 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Bronchial denervation using integrated a-mode signal for optimization of ultrasound treatment23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207975 A1AerWave Medical, Inc.
- Control system and method for controlling an operation performed via a medical instrument16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198989 A1Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Lung treatment apparatus and method2,136US 6,770,070 B1R. ITA Medical Systems, Inc. · 2004
- Systems for adjusting end effector parameters based on perioperative information923US 10,595,887 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2020
- Devices and methods for tracking an energy delivery device which treats asthma918US 7,708,768 B2Asthmatx, Inc. · 2010
- Method for circular stapler control algorithm adjustment based on situational awareness580US 11,109,866 B2Cilag GmbH International · 2021
- Cooperative surgical actions for robot-assisted surgical platforms495US 11,058,498 B2Cilag GmbH International · 2021