A61B 2218/005
Using gas or vapor
Official title: using gas or vapor, e.g. for protection or purging
A61B2218/005 (Using gas or vapor) appears on 103 US grants and 115 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 103
- Published applications
- 115
- Assignees
- 61
- Inventors
- 219
- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 6 |
| 2010 | 1 | 4 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 |
| 2016 | 1 | 6 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3 | 10 |
| 2019 | 10 | 16 |
| 2020 | 7 | 9 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4 |
| 2022 | 9 | 7 |
| 2023 | 4 | 10 |
| 2024 | 8 | 9 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3 |
| 2026 | 6 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Catheter with a Double Balloon Structure to Generate and Apply a Heated Ablative Zone to Tissue26 Feb 2026US 2026/0053556 A1Aqua Heart, Inc.
- Systems and methods for prostate treatment15 May 2025US 2025/0152226 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Mapping and ablation catheter system492US 5,730,127 A1998
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- Thermotherapy device183US 7,549,987 B2Tsunami MedTech, LLC · 2009