A61B 90/04
Protection of tissue around surgical sites against effects of non-mechanical surgery
Official title: {Protection of tissue around surgical sites against effects of non-mechanical surgery, e.g. laser surgery (protection of eyes against laser radiation A61F9/022)}
A61B90/04 (Protection of tissue around surgical sites against effects of non-mechanical surgery) appears on 754 US grants and 980 published applications in this corpus.
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Recent patents
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- Image guided spinal decompression with contralateral oblique view1 Sep 2026US 12,721,513 B2Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.
- Methods for localizing markers within a body25 Aug 2026US 12,714,328 B2Cianna Medical, Inc.
- Directional ablation device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294501 A1Corfigo, Inc.
- Rf septal myectomy tool1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294509 A1Rambam Medtech Ltd.
- Cryoablation system and method for treating breast tumor excision cavity margins with adaptive contact, tissue compression, and controlled cryogenic temperature delivery10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263136 A1
- Apparatus, methods and systems for laser safety interlock bypass for catheter3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256537 A1Canon U.S.A., Inc.
- Robotic stapling and cutting systems and methods27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248503 A1Cilag GmbH International
Most cited
By later US patents
- Tool member cover and cover deployment device1,694US 8,579,937 B2Covidien LP · 2013
- Methods and devices for inhibiting hair growth and related skin treatments1,686US 6,050,990 AThermoLase Corporation · 2000
- Surgical circular stapler with tissue retention arrangements1,570US 8,801,735 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014
- Transwall visualization arrangements and methods for surgical circular staplers1,514US 8,672,207 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014
- Circular stapling instruments with secondary cutting arrangements and methods of using same1,501US 8,801,734 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014