A61B 2018/0281
Using a tortuous path
Official title: {using a tortuous path, e.g. formed by fins or ribs}
A61B2018/0281 (Using a tortuous path) appears on 89 US grants and 96 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 96
- Assignees
- 58
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- Latest grant
- 22 Jul 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Ablation catheter having a shape memory stylet22 Jul 2025US 12,364,530 B2Adagio Medical, Inc.
- Cryosurgical probe with enhanced thermal performance4 Mar 2025US 12,239,354 B2Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
- Surgical method and system for performing the same11 Feb 2025US 12,220,125 B2Meacor, Inc.
- Percutaneous coiled catheter design for gallbladder cryoablation15 Oct 2024US 12,114,907 B2Medtronic CryoCath LP
- Left atrial appendage occluder and occlusion system23 Apr 2024US 11,963,708 B2Lifetech Scientific (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
- Cryoablation probes with cryogen flow disruptors23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207242 A1Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
- Cryosurgery system30 Oct 2025US 2025/0331909 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Medical Cryotherapy Device with Heat Transfer Body11 Sep 2025US 2025/0281220 A1
- Surgical method and system for performing the same3 Jul 2025US 2025/0213246 A1Meacor, Inc.
- Near-critical argon based loop catheter for circumferential ablation of nerve fibers19 Jun 2025US 2025/0195126 A1Medtronic CryoCath LP
Most cited
By later US patents
- Cryogenic catheter613US 5,281,215 AImplemed, Inc. · 1994
- Cryogenic mapping and ablation catheter567US 5,423,807 AImplemed, Inc. · 1995
- Cryosurgical probe344US 5,078,713 ASpembly Medical Limited · 1992
- Apparatus for cryosurgery276US 4,946,460 ACryo Instruments, Inc. · 1990
- Cryo-probe244US 5,452,582 AAPD Cryogenics, Inc. · 1995