A61B 2018/1412
Blade
Official title: {Blade}
A61B2018/1412 (Blade) appears on 1,129 US grants and 1,297 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,129
- Published applications
- 1,297
- Assignees
- 286
- Inventors
- 1,572
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 12 | 0 |
| 1993 | 13 | 0 |
| 1994 | 17 | 0 |
| 1995 | 16 | 0 |
| 1996 | 13 | 0 |
| 1997 | 15 | 0 |
| 1998 | 18 | 0 |
| 1999 | 18 | 0 |
| 2000 | 17 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 7 |
| 2002 | 11 | 19 |
| 2003 | 15 | 24 |
| 2004 | 12 | 13 |
| 2005 | 12 | 25 |
| 2006 | 12 | 20 |
| 2007 | 12 | 21 |
| 2008 | 11 | 24 |
| 2009 | 13 | 48 |
| 2010 | 20 | 48 |
| 2011 | 24 | 62 |
| 2012 | 28 | 70 |
| 2013 | 62 | 42 |
| 2014 | 41 | 66 |
| 2015 | 67 | 64 |
| 2016 | 57 | 73 |
| 2017 | 52 | 58 |
| 2018 | 41 | 69 |
| 2019 | 55 | 84 |
| 2020 | 56 | 110 |
| 2021 | 56 | 91 |
| 2022 | 67 | 60 |
| 2023 | 71 | 65 |
| 2024 | 74 | 61 |
| 2025 | 61 | 46 |
| 2026 | 29 | 27 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Smoke evacuation tube and telescopic smoke evacuation scalpel6 Oct 2026US 12,751,760 B2Zhejiang Shuyou Surgical Instrument Co., Ltd.
- Electrosurgical system29 Sep 2026US 12,746,052 B2Applied Medical Resources Corporation
- Systems and methods for percutaneous division of fibrous structures25 Aug 2026US 12,714,458 B2
- Method and septostomy device for creating an interatrial aperture11 Aug 2026US 12,702,437 B2
- Multiple mode electrosurgical device11 Aug 2026US 12,702,467 B2Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
- Radiofrequency perforation apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294582 A1Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
- End cap having one or more electrodes, related systems, and related methods of use27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248370 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Leaflet laceration device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240593 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Debris trap for electrosurgical pencils with smoke evacuation system30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215836 A1Dayton Medical Innovations, LLC
- Therapeutic lighting devices and methods30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216527 A1Pathy Medical, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Seal & cut electrosurgical instrument2,454US 6,174,309 B1Medical Scientific, Inc. · 2001
- Electrosurgical systems and techniques for sealing tissue2,417US 6,656,177 B22003
- Feedback light apparatus and method for use with an electrosurgical instrument2,200US 6,676,660 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2004
- Bipolar electrosurgical scissors and method of manufacture2,194US 5,658,281 AValleylab, Inc. · 1997
- Method for using an electrosurgical device on lung tissue2,177US 6,003,517 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1999