A61B 5/6857
With a distal pigtail shape
Official title: {with a distal pigtail shape}
A61B5/6857 (With a distal pigtail shape) appears on 210 US grants and 231 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 210
- Published applications
- 231
- Assignees
- 86
- Inventors
- 311
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2001 | 7 | 0 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 |
| 2003 | 3 | 9 |
| 2004 | 4 | 7 |
| 2005 | 3 | 5 |
| 2006 | 6 | 3 |
| 2007 | 5 | 4 |
| 2008 | 4 | 5 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4 |
| 2010 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 | 9 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3 |
| 2013 | 8 | 10 |
| 2014 | 6 | 13 |
| 2015 | 7 | 10 |
| 2016 | 9 | 14 |
| 2017 | 7 | 13 |
| 2018 | 10 | 16 |
| 2019 | 11 | 21 |
| 2020 | 16 | 13 |
| 2021 | 13 | 17 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11 |
| 2023 | 8 | 11 |
| 2024 | 16 | 10 |
| 2025 | 12 | 7 |
| 2026 | 7 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Device for cardiac electrophysiology procedure15 Sep 2026US 12,734,355 B2
- Irrigated balloon catheter with flexible circuit electrode assembly2 Jun 2026US 12,642,584 B2Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Ablation assembly to treat target regions of tissue in organs24 Mar 2026US 12,582,466 B2Argá Medtech SA
- Catheter with multi-functional control handle having linear mechanism17 Mar 2026US 12,576,243 B2Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Reference wires to remove noise and artifacts in cardiac mapping catheter17 Feb 2026US 12,551,166 B2Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Systems, devices, components and methods for detecting the locations of sources of cardiac rhythm disorders in a patient's heart1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294245 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Automated arterial blood preservation and collection system23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207103 A1Mune Co., Ltd.
- Method of compressing tissue within a stapling device and simultaneously displaying the location of the tissue within the jaws2 Apr 2026US 2026/0090735 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Amplifier interface for multi-electrode catheter2 Apr 2026US 2026/0090755 A1St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
- Cardiac biopsy devices with sensing and associated methods2 Apr 2026US 2026/0090794 A1Medtronic, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Systems and methods for forming large lesions in body tissue using curvilinear electrode elements862US 5,582,609 AEP Technologies, Inc. · 1996
- Epicardial mapping and ablation catheter505US 8,287,532 B2Biosense Webster, Inc. · 2012
- Electrode array catheter467US 5,938,694 AMedtronic CardioRhythm · 1999
- Methods for locating and ablating accessory pathways in the heart455US 5,673,695 AEP Technologies, Inc. · 1997
- Multiple electrode element for mapping and ablating heart tissue436US 5,637,090 AEP Technologies, Inc. · 1997