A61F 5/0026
Anti-eating devices using electrical stimulation
Official title: {Anti-eating devices using electrical stimulation}
A61F5/0026 (Anti-eating devices using electrical stimulation) appears on 144 US grants and 216 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 144
- Published applications
- 216
- Assignees
- 48
- Inventors
- 298
- Latest grant
- 21 Apr 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 4 |
| 2006 | 1 | 5 |
| 2007 | 3 | 8 |
| 2008 | 2 | 5 |
| 2009 | 3 | 1 |
| 2010 | 4 | 17 |
| 2011 | 3 | 22 |
| 2012 | 1 | 11 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3 |
| 2014 | 6 | 14 |
| 2015 | 4 | 8 |
| 2016 | 11 | 11 |
| 2017 | 13 | 14 |
| 2018 | 12 | 10 |
| 2019 | 9 | 9 |
| 2020 | 12 | 9 |
| 2021 | 10 | 17 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2 |
| 2023 | 11 | 12 |
| 2024 | 5 | 10 |
| 2025 | 10 | 19 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Apparatus for treating obesity21 Apr 2026US 12,605,263 B2
- Apparatus for treating GERD3 Feb 2026US 12,539,222 B2
- Method and instruments for treating GERD29 Jul 2025US 12,370,069 B2
- Method and instrument for treating obesity8 Jul 2025US 12,350,141 B2
- Methods and instruments for treating GERD and hiatal hernia3 Jun 2025US 12,318,278 B2
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for treating obesity and reflux disease554US 10,045,869 B22018
- Obesity treatment with electrically induced vagal down regulation487US 7,167,750 B2EnteroMedics Inc. · 2007
- Treatment of urinary incontinence and other disorders by application of energy and drugs361US 6,692,490 B1Novasys Medical, Inc. · 2004
- Stereotactic hypothalamic obesity probe321US 6,129,685 AUniversity of Iowa Research Foundation · 2000
- Intraluminal electrode apparatus and method221US 7,444,183 B2EnteroMedics Inc. · 2008