A61B 2018/00636
Sensing and controlling the application of energy
Official title: {Sensing and controlling the application of energy}
A61B2018/00636 (Sensing and controlling the application of energy) appears on 10,629 US grants and 14,217 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2025 | 738 | 828 |
| 2026 | 524 | 582 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 2018/00773Sensed parametersIndexing code8,277
- A61B 2018/00696Controlled or regulated parametersIndexing code5,227
- A61B 2018/00642With feedback, i.e. closed loop controlIndexing code3,526
- A61B 2018/00666Using a threshold valueIndexing code1,732
- A61B 2018/00898Alarms or notifications created in response to an abnormal conditionIndexing code969
- A61B 2018/00904Automatic detection of target tissueIndexing code565
- A61B 2018/0066Without feedback, i.e. open loop controlIndexing code524
- A61B 2018/00684Using lookup tablesIndexing code313
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