A61F 7/007
Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human
Official title: {characterised by electric heating}
A61F7/007 (Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human) appears on 1,543 US grants and 2,535 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 1,543
- Published applications
- 2,535
- Assignees
- 899
- Inventors
- 3,519
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 19 | 0 |
| 2000 | 30 | 0 |
| 2001 | 29 | 12 |
| 2002 | 24 | 36 |
| 2003 | 33 | 38 |
| 2004 | 13 | 38 |
| 2005 | 25 | 35 |
| 2006 | 21 | 44 |
| 2007 | 23 | 56 |
| 2008 | 6 | 74 |
| 2009 | 15 | 51 |
| 2010 | 24 | 72 |
| 2011 | 28 | 65 |
| 2012 | 36 | 94 |
| 2013 | 43 | 93 |
| 2014 | 58 | 124 |
| 2015 | 62 | 114 |
| 2016 | 60 | 128 |
| 2017 | 77 | 145 |
| 2018 | 55 | 128 |
| 2019 | 87 | 166 |
| 2020 | 90 | 165 |
| 2021 | 85 | 158 |
| 2022 | 97 | 144 |
| 2023 | 94 | 158 |
| 2024 | 123 | 161 |
| 2025 | 106 | 136 |
| 2026 | 60 | 100 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Patient warming pad having a temperature sensor at intended patient-non-contact regions6 Oct 2026US 12,751,857 B1Gentherm Medical, LLC
- Treatment apparatus and methods22 Sep 2026US 12,740,888 B2Sight Sciences, Inc.
- Apparel thermo-regulatory system15 Sep 2026US 12,733,697 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Massage apparatus including oscillators8 Sep 2026US 12,728,067 B2Ceragem Co., Ltd.
- Hand warmer with built-in cable1 Sep 2026US 12,721,747 B2
- Hand warmer device for capillary blood collection8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305993 A1Babson Diagnostics, Inc.
- Devices, systems and methods for treating the skin8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306292 A1HydraFacial LLC
- Heat transfer-based medical treatment systems, methods, and devices8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306293 A1Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
- Micro-current and temperature therapy system and device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306837 A1
- Spinal cord injury systems8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306844 A1Globus Medical, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrothermal instrument for sealing and joining or cutting tissue721US 6,626,901 B1The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · 2003
- Electrothermal instrument for sealing and joining or cutting tissue718US 6,860,880 B2The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · 2005
- Methods and apparatus for thermally-induced renal neuromodulation662US 7,617,005 B2Ardian, Inc. · 2009
- Methods and apparatus for thermally-induced renal neuromodulation638US 7,717,948 B2Ardian, Inc. · 2010
- Wound treatment apparatus and method537US 8,529,548 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc. · 2013