A61B 2018/1417
Ball
Official title: {Ball}
A61B2018/1417 (Ball) appears on 168 US grants and 230 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 168
- Published applications
- 230
- Assignees
- 84
- Inventors
- 359
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 4 | 5 |
| 2003 | 1 | 5 |
| 2004 | 3 | 8 |
| 2005 | 3 | 5 |
| 2006 | 1 | 4 |
| 2007 | 5 | 5 |
| 2008 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2 | 5 |
| 2014 | 2 | 9 |
| 2015 | 4 | 10 |
| 2016 | 7 | 4 |
| 2017 | 4 | 28 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3 |
| 2019 | 9 | 12 |
| 2020 | 13 | 23 |
| 2021 | 14 | 20 |
| 2022 | 9 | 20 |
| 2023 | 15 | 13 |
| 2024 | 18 | 14 |
| 2025 | 12 | 10 |
| 2026 | 10 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Medical connecting device18 Aug 2026US 12,708,250 B2Micro-Tech (Nanjing) Co., Ltd.
- Cautery puncture needle11 Aug 2026US 12,702,472 B2Fukuda Denshi Co., Ltd.
- Apparatus and methods for minimally invasive dissection and modification of tissues4 Aug 2026US 12,697,167 B2
- Wide area focal ablation catheter28 Jul 2026US 12,690,917 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Medical devices and related methods12 May 2026US 12,622,738 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Apparatus and methods for minimally invasive dissection and modification of tissues1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294522 A1
- Methods and systems of electrosurgical coagulation devices13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232370 A1Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Balloon electrode catheter, balloon electrode assembly, and flexible circuit for balloon electrode assembly13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232372 A1EnChannel Medical Guangzhou Inc.
- Architectures for high density mapping and ablating catheters using flexible circuit boards30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215843 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Bipolar architectures for pfa catheters with flexible circuit16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199003 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Combination bipolar scissors and forceps instrument1,931US 5,342,381 AEverest Medical Corporation · 1994
- Fluid-assisted medical devices, systems and methods1,803US 6,953,461 B2TissueLink Medical, Inc. · 2005
- Apparatus and method for creating, maintaining, and controlling a virtual electrode used for the ablation of tissue1,119US 6,736,810 B2Medtronic, Inc. · 2004
- Apparatus and method for creating, maintaining, and controlling a virtual electrode used for the ablation of tissue980US 6,409,722 B1Medtronic, Inc. · 2002
- Apparatus and method for creating, maintaining, and controlling a virtual electrode used for the ablation of tissue937US 6,849,073 B2Medtronic, Inc. · 2005