A61B 2018/00964
Features of probes
Official title: {Features of probes}
A61B2018/00964 (Features of probes) appears on 191 US grants and 218 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 218
- Assignees
- 114
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- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Medical device and medical system29 Sep 2026US 12,746,055 B2Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Systems and methods for cylindrical cage mapping and ablation catheters having flexible circuits14 Jul 2026US 12,678,223 B2Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Surgical instruments, systems, and methods incorporating ultrasonic and electrosurgical functionality26 May 2026US 12,636,066 B2Covidien LP
- Catheter with composite construction26 May 2026US 12,636,076 B2Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Electrosurgical instrument31 Mar 2026US 12,588,941 B2Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH
- End cap device for manipulating tissue, related systems, and related methods of use8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306170 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Devices, systems, and methods for pulsed electric field treatment of the duodenum1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294528 A1Endogenex, Inc.
- Catheter with composite construction24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283687 A1Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Tensioning endoscopic devices and methods of use thereof16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198955 A1Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
- Devices, systems, and methods for pulsed electric field treatment of the duodenum16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199007 A1Endogenex, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Extendable electrocautery surgery apparatus and method606US 5,035,695 A1991
- Bipolar electrosurgical scalpel with paired loop electrodes597US 5,282,799 AEverest Medical Corporation · 1994
- Electrosurgical device and method461US 5,460,629 AAdvanced Surgical, Inc. · 1995
- Flexible circuits for electrosurgical instrument378US 10,555,769 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2020
- Intralumenal contact sensor362US 6,942,657 B2CardioFocus, Inc. · 2005