A61B 2018/162
Located on the probe body
Official title: {located on the probe body}
A61B2018/162 (Located on the probe body) appears on 515 US grants and 489 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 515
- Published applications
- 489
- Assignees
- 145
- Inventors
- 611
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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| 2026 | 10 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Uterine manipulator with neutral return electrode11 Aug 2026US 12,702,477 B2Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
- Pulsed field ablation catheters with enhanced field smart electrodes4 Aug 2026US 12,697,168 B2Medtronic, Inc.
- Systems and methods for cylindrical cage mapping and ablation catheters having integrated electrodes30 Jun 2026US 12,667,417 B2Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Medical device with a bilateral jaw configuration for nerve stimulation23 Jun 2026US 12,661,175 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Electrosurgical devices and methods2 Jun 2026US 12,642,580 B2Meditrina, Inc.
- Directional ablation probe and methods of using the same30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215841 A1Medtronic Europe Sàrl
- Medical systems, devices, and related methods16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199009 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Surgical ablation tools and methods for using the same2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183043 A1Medtronic, Inc.
- Fluid-enhanced electrosurgery with integrated irrigation and aspiration2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183049 A1
- Catheter with pulsed field ablation electrodes2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183057 A1Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Coagulating forceps2,401US 5,443,463 AVesta Medical, LLC · 1995
- Methods and apparatus for surgical cutting2,184US 5,697,909 AArthroCare Corporation · 1997
- Electrosurgical instrument2,134US 5,944,715 AGyrus Medical Limited · 1999
- Electrosurgical generator method1,979US 6,293,942 B1Gyrus Medical Limited · 2001
- Electrosurgical instrument1,972US 6,491,690 B1Gyrus Medical Limited · 2002