A61B 2018/00672
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A61B2018/00672 (Lower) appears on 297 US grants and 480 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 297
- Published applications
- 480
- Assignees
- 147
- Inventors
- 739
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2011 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 9 |
| 2013 | 2 | 9 |
| 2014 | 2 | 9 |
| 2015 | 7 | 16 |
| 2016 | 13 | 24 |
| 2017 | 14 | 23 |
| 2018 | 10 | 28 |
| 2019 | 21 | 59 |
| 2020 | 15 | 49 |
| 2021 | 26 | 40 |
| 2022 | 33 | 36 |
| 2023 | 41 | 36 |
| 2024 | 32 | 43 |
| 2025 | 35 | 53 |
| 2026 | 26 | 32 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Laser device, hand-piece and method for lipolysis18 Aug 2026US 12,708,441 B2El. En. S.P.A.
- System and method for skin rejuvenation using impedance monitoring18 Aug 2026US 12,708,787 B2Cynosure, Inc.
- System and method for estimating a treatment volume for administering electrical-energy based therapies4 Aug 2026US 12,697,172 B2Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
- Combination ultrasonic and electrosurgical instrument with adjustable energy modalities and method for limiting blade temperature21 Jul 2026US 12,685,577 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Impedance-calibrated diagnostic medical devices14 Jul 2026US 12,678,066 B2Novascan, Inc.
- Combination ultrasonic and electrosurgical instrument with adjustable energy modalities and method for limiting blade temperature8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306159 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Optimization and communication of compression and energy for sealing24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283680 A1Cilag GmbH International
- System, method and computer-readable storage device for controlling laser light source of lithotripsy device10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263152 A1GYRUS ACMI INC. (d.b.a.Olympus Surgical Technologies America)
- Detection of electrophysiological (ep) conduction gaps in ablation line3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256515 A1Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Method for constructing and using a modular surgical energy system with multiple devices6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224264 A1Cilag GmbH International
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrosurgical hemostatic device4,011US 5,403,312 AEthicon, Inc. · 1995
- Electrosurgical hemostatic device3,014US 5,810,811 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1998
- Impedance feedback monitor for electrosurgical instrument2,654US 5,558,671 A1996
- Electrosurgical hemostatic device2,626US 5,709,680 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1998
- Impedance feedback monitor with query electrode for electrosurgical instrument2,586US 5,817,093 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1998