A61B 2018/0231
Characteristics of handpieces or probes
Official title: {Characteristics of handpieces or probes}
A61B2018/0231 (Characteristics of handpieces or probes) appears on 1,157 US grants and 1,579 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Deployable assembly sleeve for ablation probe with deployable sensors22 Sep 2026US 12,740,819 B2CPSI Holdings LLC
- Combination probe for cryoablation and thermal ablation with external heater15 Sep 2026US 12,733,968 B2Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
- Cryogenic device and actuator assembly therein8 Sep 2026US 12,727,928 B2Oystershell NV
- Cryoballoon control apparatus, catheter system, and temperature display method25 Aug 2026US 12,714,486 B2Shanghai Microport Ep Medtech Co., Ltd.
- Delivering refrigerant to catheters for cryotherapy4 Aug 2026US 12,697,158 B2Medtronic CryoCath LP
- Catheter with multiple cryotherapy delivery sites1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294500 A1
- Directional ablation device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294501 A1Corfigo, Inc.
- Refrigerant electromechanical control1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294502 A1Cryotherapeutics GmbH
- Cryogenic fluid cooling and storage device, recuperation device, and related systems and methods17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272533 A1Corfigo, Inc.
- Visual light sealing confirmation in cryoballoon ablation catheters10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263135 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Conduction block verification probe and method of use1,263US 7,542,807 B2Endoscopic Technologies, Inc. · 2009
- Cardiac ablation devices and methods1,207US 7,591,818 B2Endoscopic Technologies, Inc. · 2009
- Methods of epicardial ablation for creating a lesion around the pulmonary veins944US 6,161,543 AEpicor, Inc. · 2000
- Catheter for ice mapping and ablation870US 5,281,213 AImplemed, Inc. · 1994
- Sphincter treatment apparatus834US 6,056,744 AConway Stuart Medical, Inc. · 2000