A61B 2018/1846
Helical antennas
Official title: {Helical antennas}
A61B2018/1846 (Helical antennas) appears on 124 US grants and 140 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 124
- Published applications
- 140
- Assignees
- 35
- Inventors
- 157
- Latest grant
- 9 Jun 2026
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| 2024 | 11 | 8 |
| 2025 | 2 | 4 |
| 2026 | 6 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Catheter with radiofrequency heating applicator551US 4,945,912 ASensor Electronics, Inc. · 1990
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- Radiofrequency ablation catheter458US 5,370,644 ASensor Electronics, Inc. · 1994
- Microwave ablation catheter with loop configuration427US 6,251,128 B1Fidus Medical Technology Corporation · 2001