A61B 2018/048
In gaseous form
Official title: {in gaseous form}
A61B2018/048 (In gaseous form) appears on 279 US grants and 410 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 279
- Published applications
- 410
- Assignees
- 78
- Inventors
- 309
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 5 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 | 7 |
| 2008 | 2 | 21 |
| 2009 | 2 | 14 |
| 2010 | 3 | 13 |
| 2011 | 13 | 12 |
| 2012 | 17 | 16 |
| 2013 | 16 | 19 |
| 2014 | 18 | 26 |
| 2015 | 20 | 19 |
| 2016 | 7 | 20 |
| 2017 | 14 | 22 |
| 2018 | 15 | 16 |
| 2019 | 11 | 39 |
| 2020 | 23 | 18 |
| 2021 | 22 | 29 |
| 2022 | 19 | 23 |
| 2023 | 21 | 20 |
| 2024 | 23 | 33 |
| 2025 | 16 | 22 |
| 2026 | 10 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Tissue extraction devices and methods8 Sep 2026US 12,727,935 B2Axora Medical, Inc.
- Medical systems, devices, and related methods thereof9 Jun 2026US 12,648,806 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Duodenal ablation with improved depth and consistency of ablation2 Jun 2026US 12,642,568 B2Aqua Medical, Inc.
- Method of employing a medical apparatus with translatable imaging device for real-time confirmation of interception of target tissue26 May 2026US 12,635,980 B2Veran Medical Technologies, Inc.
- RF bipolar steam generation ablation device26 May 2026US 12,636,021 B2Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
- Handheld battery-powered vapor delivery devices and methods1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294505 A1
- Method of employing a medical apparatus with translatable imaging device for real-time confirmation of interception of target tissue24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283593 A1Veran Medical Technologies, Inc.
- Removable imaging system for medical system30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215668 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Duodenal and Jejunal Ablation with Improved Depth and Consistency of Ablation18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165767 A1Aqua Medical, Inc.
- Balloon Catheter Ablation Systems and Methods for Patterned Tissue Ablation9 Apr 2026US 2026/0096842 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Flexible cryoprobe419US 5,108,390 AFrigitronics, Inc. · 1992
- Instrument for electrosurgical tissue treatment276US 7,276,063 B2ArthroCare Corporation · 2007
- Medical instruments and techniques for thermally-mediated therapies231US 7,674,259 B2Tsunami MedTech, LLC · 2010
- Medical instruments and techniques for highly-localized thermally-mediated therapies214US 6,669,694 B22003
- Installation for delivering heat to all or part of human or animal cell tissue196US 7,335,195 B22008