A61B 2018/00994
Combining two or more different kinds of non-mechanical energy or combining one
Official title: {combining two or more different kinds of non-mechanical energy or combining one or more non-mechanical energies with ultrasound}
A61B2018/00994 (Combining two or more different kinds of non-mechanical energy or combining one) appears on 1,249 US grants and 1,923 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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By later US patents
- Accessing data stored in a memory of a surgical instrument2,216US 8,161,977 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2012
- Surgical generator for ultrasonic and electrosurgical devices1,826US 9,168,054 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2015
- Surgical generator for ultrasonic and electrosurgical devices1,707US 8,986,302 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2015
- Accessing data stored in a memory of a surgical instrument1,634US 8,746,529 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014
- Surgical instrument with sensor and powered control1,631US 9,782,214 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2017