A61B 2018/00571
Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to
Official title: {for achieving a particular surgical effect}
A61B2018/00571 (Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to) appears on 13,168 US grants and 18,967 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 13,168
- Published applications
- 18,967
- Assignees
- 2,530
- Inventors
- 14,681
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 1144 | 1232 |
| 2025 | 1021 | 1115 |
| 2026 | 691 | 794 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 2018/00577AblationIndexing code7,929
- A61B 2018/00601CuttingIndexing code3,110
- A61B 2018/0063SealingIndexing code2,271
- A61B 2018/00589CoagulationIndexing code2,058
- A61B 2018/00595CauterizationIndexing code1,589
- A61B 2018/00607Coagulation and cutting with the same instrumentIndexing code1,282
- A61B 2018/00613Irreversible electroporationIndexing code737
- A61B 2018/00619WeldingIndexing code515
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Recent patents
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- Methods and systems for determining body lumen size8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305978 A1Otsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd.
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- Fiber-optical sensor system for data to facilitate, plan, localize, monitor, or confirm ablation procedures8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306158 A1
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrosurgical hemostatic device4,011US 5,403,312 AEthicon, Inc. · 1995
- Surgical device for stapling and/or fastening body tissues3,256US 5,389,098 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1995
- Electrosurgical stapling device3,188US 5,735,848 AEthicon, Inc. · 1998
- Combined dissecting, cauterizing, and stapling device3,025US 6,602,252 B2Starion Instruments Corporation · 2003
- Electrosurgical hemostatic device3,014US 5,810,811 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1998