A61B 2018/225
Features of hand-pieces
Official title: {Features of hand-pieces (A61B2018/2255 takes precedence)}
A61B2018/225 (Features of hand-pieces) appears on 105 US grants and 136 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 136
- Assignees
- 62
- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Dental lasing device system and method6 Oct 2026US 12,751,792 B2
- Directional micro-pulsed liquid spray for cooling14 Jul 2026US 12,678,211 B2Fotona d.o.o.
- Method and system for estimating distance between a fiber end and a target5 May 2026US 12,620,764 B2Lumenis Ltd.
- Systems and methods for controlling therapeutic laser pulse duration6 Jan 2026US 12,515,066 B2Cutera, Inc.
- Portable hair-removal apparatus25 Nov 2025US 12,478,797 B2Shenzhen Yangwo Electronic Co., Ltd.
- Laser catheter having expanding distal end24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283692 A1Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Method and system for estimating distance between a fiber end and a target6 Aug 2026US 2026/0229831 A1Lumenis Ltd.
- Chilled mist-based cooling apparatus16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199010 A1DDC Technologies, Inc.
- Efficient Multi-Functional Endoscopic Instrument16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199013 A1Ipg Photonics Corporation
- Intravascular lithotripsy25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174501 A1Fastwave Medical Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Light energy sealing, cutting and sensing surgical device280US 9,375,282 B2Covidien LP · 2016
- Handpiece assembly for laser apparatus130US 5,951,544 ALaser Industries, Ltd. · 1999
- Surgical Forceps Connected to Treatment Light Source121US 8,864,753 B2Covidien LP · 2014
- Laser medical apparatus107US 4,653,495 AKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba · 1987
- Adjustable touch control handpiece76US 5,221,279 ASurgical Laser Technologies, Inc. · 1993