A61F 2007/0086
Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human
Official title: {with a thermostat}
A61F2007/0086 (Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human) appears on 510 US grants and 802 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Assignees
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- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 20 | 38 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Treatment apparatus and methods22 Sep 2026US 12,740,888 B2Sight Sciences, Inc.
- System and method for extracorporeal temperature control22 Sep 2026US 12,741,073 B2Medivance Incorporated
- Heated patient positioning device for surgical procedures1 Sep 2026US 12,721,771 B2Xodus Medical, Inc.
- Patient thermal regulation systems and methods25 Aug 2026US 12,714,597 B1
- Patient care systems with dynamic gateways11 Aug 2026US 12,702,584 B2Stryker Corporation
- Controller for dry eye treatment systems1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294676 A1
- Device and Method for Nerve Block by Local Cooling to Room Temperature1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294678 A1University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
- Temperature controlled mattress cover with zones24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283369 A1Eight Sleep Inc.
- Temperature controlled mattress cover with biometric data sensors24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283370 A1Eight Sleep Inc.
- Controller for dry eye treatment systems24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283844 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ultrasound therapy apparatus delivering ultrasound waves having thermal and cavitation effects565US 5,601,526 AInstitut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale · 1997
- Thermal bandage410US 4,962,761 A1990
- Temperature controlled cooling system395US 5,097,829 A1992
- Method and apparatus for controlling a patient's body temperature by in situ blood temperature modification337US 5,837,003 ARadiant Medical, Inc. · 1998
- Thermal treatment apparatus310US 5,549,559 AArgomed Ltd. · 1996