A61B 2218/002
Irrigation
A61B2218/002 (Irrigation) appears on 3,207 US grants and 4,043 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 3,207
- Published applications
- 4,043
- Assignees
- 795
- Inventors
- 4,071
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
| 1993 | 13 | 0 |
| 1994 | 11 | 0 |
| 1995 | 21 | 0 |
| 1996 | 23 | 0 |
| 1997 | 28 | 0 |
| 1998 | 47 | 0 |
| 1999 | 61 | 0 |
| 2000 | 86 | 0 |
| 2001 | 82 | 35 |
| 2002 | 74 | 90 |
| 2003 | 70 | 85 |
| 2004 | 60 | 79 |
| 2005 | 54 | 70 |
| 2006 | 38 | 74 |
| 2007 | 37 | 66 |
| 2008 | 49 | 98 |
| 2009 | 28 | 96 |
| 2010 | 46 | 86 |
| 2011 | 54 | 91 |
| 2012 | 63 | 110 |
| 2013 | 72 | 134 |
| 2014 | 87 | 162 |
| 2015 | 115 | 159 |
| 2016 | 118 | 176 |
| 2017 | 137 | 241 |
| 2018 | 116 | 217 |
| 2019 | 157 | 305 |
| 2020 | 194 | 276 |
| 2021 | 179 | 281 |
| 2022 | 210 | 272 |
| 2023 | 230 | 296 |
| 2024 | 243 | 234 |
| 2025 | 227 | 197 |
| 2026 | 154 | 113 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Kidney stone treatment system6 Oct 2026US 12,751,728 B2Calyxo, Inc.
- Catheter with flex circuit distal assembly6 Oct 2026US 12,751,763 B2Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Ablation system with graphical user interface6 Oct 2026US 12,754,665 B2Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Thrombectomy treatment system29 Sep 2026US 12,746,062 B2Covidien LP
- Gross positioning device and related systems and methods29 Sep 2026US 12,746,096 B2Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
- Flow device for surgical smoke evacuating systems8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306157 A1Covidien LP
- Catheter with improved temperature response8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306169 A1Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Radiofrequency perforation apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294582 A1Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
- Catheter with composite construction24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283687 A1Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Ureteroscope with integrated fluid channel24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283693 A1Ventaris Surgical, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
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- Electrosurgical instrument2,373US 6,926,716 B2SurgRx, Inc. · 2005
- Surgical tool2,269US 5,395,312 A1995
- Methods and apparatus for surgical cutting2,184US 5,697,909 AArthroCare Corporation · 1997
- Lung treatment apparatus and method2,136US 6,770,070 B1R. ITA Medical Systems, Inc. · 2004