A61B 2018/00577
Ablation
Official title: {Ablation}
A61B2018/00577 (Ablation) appears on 7,929 US grants and 11,550 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 7,929
- Published applications
- 11,550
- Assignees
- 1,754
- Inventors
- 9,665
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2024 | 690 | 829 |
| 2025 | 642 | 741 |
| 2026 | 448 | 527 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Catheter with flex circuit distal assembly6 Oct 2026US 12,751,763 B2Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Ablation device and ablation system6 Oct 2026US 12,751,764 B2Hangzhou Dinova EP Technology Co., Ltd.
- Compositions and methods for laser lithotripsy using nanoparticle fine-tuned NIR absorption6 Oct 2026US 12,751,766 B2Duke University
- Dental lasing device system and method6 Oct 2026US 12,751,792 B2
- Coaxial time-of-flight optical fiber distance measurement6 Oct 2026US 12,754,314 B2Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
- Methods and systems for determining body lumen size8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305978 A1Otsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for diagnosing and treating nasal conditions using tissue biomarkers8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306015 A1Aerin Medical Inc.
- Fiber-optical sensor system for data to facilitate, plan, localize, monitor, or confirm ablation procedures8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306158 A1
- Catheters and methods for endovascular treatment with electrodes8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306165 A1TVA Medical, Inc.
- Ultrasound tissue treatment apparatus and method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306167 A1Healium Medical Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Coagulating forceps2,401US 5,443,463 AVesta Medical, LLC · 1995
- Methods and apparatus for surgical cutting2,184US 5,697,909 AArthroCare Corporation · 1997
- Method for using an electrosurgical device on lung tissue2,177US 6,003,517 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1999
- Systems for identifying catheters and monitoring their use2,160US 5,383,874 AEP Technologies, Inc. · 1995
- Electrosurgical forceps with needle electrodes2,160US 6,190,386 B1Everest Medical Corporation · 2001