A61B 2018/00791
Temperature
Official title: {Temperature}
A61B2018/00791 (Temperature) appears on 4,811 US grants and 6,406 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 4,811
- Published applications
- 6,406
- Assignees
- 1,210
- Inventors
- 5,939
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2024 | 360 | 351 |
| 2025 | 311 | 335 |
| 2026 | 186 | 198 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 2018/00821Measured by a thermocoupleIndexing code1,327
- A61B 2018/00797Measured by multiple temperature sensorsIndexing code1,280
- A61B 2018/00815Measured by a thermistorIndexing code572
- A61B 2018/00809Measured thermochromaticallyIndexing code187
- A61B 2018/00803With temperature predictionIndexing code161
Recent patents
- Tissue monitoring electrosurgical instruments and methods of using the same6 Oct 2026US 12,751,761 B2Standard Bariatrics, Inc.
- Catheter with flex circuit distal assembly6 Oct 2026US 12,751,763 B2Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Dental lasing device system and method6 Oct 2026US 12,751,792 B2
- Electrosurgical system29 Sep 2026US 12,746,052 B2Applied Medical Resources Corporation
- Temperature control for IRE29 Sep 2026US 12,746,056 B2Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Fiber-optical sensor system for data to facilitate, plan, localize, monitor, or confirm ablation procedures8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306158 A1
- Catheter with improved temperature response8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306169 A1Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Device for real-time non-contact skin temperature measurement8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306174 A1Cynosure, Inc.
- Phototherapy devices for treatment of dermatological disorders of the scalp8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306869 A1KNOW Bio, LLC
- Directional ablation device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294501 A1Corfigo, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Impedance and temperature generator control2,667US 5,496,312 AValleylab, Inc. · 1996
- Electrosurgical systems and techniques for sealing tissue2,485US 6,500,176 B12002
- Seal & cut electrosurgical instrument2,454US 6,174,309 B1Medical Scientific, Inc. · 2001
- Electrosurgical systems and techniques for sealing tissue2,417US 6,656,177 B22003
- Coagulating forceps2,401US 5,443,463 AVesta Medical, LLC · 1995