A61B 2018/2222
Fibre material or composition
Official title: {Fibre material or composition}
A61B2018/2222 (Fibre material or composition) appears on 129 US grants and 183 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 129
- Published applications
- 183
- Assignees
- 108
- Inventors
- 304
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 2009 | 1 | 8 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 7 |
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| 2013 | 3 | 11 |
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| 2015 | 7 | 11 |
| 2016 | 6 | 7 |
| 2017 | 13 | 10 |
| 2018 | 5 | 11 |
| 2019 | 14 | 11 |
| 2020 | 7 | 20 |
| 2021 | 8 | 13 |
| 2022 | 9 | 17 |
| 2023 | 5 | 8 |
| 2024 | 12 | 11 |
| 2025 | 7 | 13 |
| 2026 | 4 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Intraoperative probe for cancer diagnosis and treatment11 Aug 2026US 12,702,304 B2123IV, Inc.
- Modular wireless large bore vacuum universal endoscope and vacuumscope16 Jun 2026US 12,653,614 B2The Regents of the University of California
- Surgical laser fiber standoff arrangement for preventing dust particle accumulation during a laser lithotripsy procedure24 Feb 2026US 12,558,160 B2Optical Integrity, Inc.
- Basket catheter with cushioning porous sheath cover17 Feb 2026US 12,551,271 B2Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Tumor ablation planning using interstitial optical mapping28 Oct 2025US 12,453,512 B2Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
- Laser skin treatment optical system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306173 A1BellaMia Technologies, Inc.
- Efficient Multi-Functional Endoscopic Instrument16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199013 A1Ipg Photonics Corporation
- Intraoperative probe for cancer diagnosis and treatment25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174336 A1123IV, Inc.
- Basket catheter with cushioning porous sheath cover28 May 2026US 2026/0144592 A1Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Optical fiber combining-coupled ultraviolet laser ablation system and optical fiber combining assembly for an ultraviolet laser ablation system21 May 2026US 2026/0137447 A1Micro Energy Medical Technology Co., Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical-fiber type power transmission device309US 4,830,462 ALaser Industries, Ltd. · 1989
- Methods and devices for facilitating visualization in a surgical environment277US 7,559,925 B2Acclarent, Inc. · 2009
- Delivery system and method for surgical laser118US 5,951,543 AClinicon AB · 1999
- Flexible light guide96US 3,995,934 A1976
- Optical heating system88US 5,354,323 APremier Laser Systems, Inc. · 1994