A61F 7/123
Using a flexible balloon containing the thermal element
Official title: {using a flexible balloon containing the thermal element}
A61F7/123 (Using a flexible balloon containing the thermal element) appears on 428 US grants and 469 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 428
- Published applications
- 469
- Assignees
- 149
- Inventors
- 512
- Latest grant
- 30 Jun 2026
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| 2002 | 17 | 33 |
| 2003 | 28 | 18 |
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| 2023 | 8 | 22 |
| 2024 | 15 | 4 |
| 2025 | 10 | 13 |
| 2026 | 9 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- System for direct heating of fluid solution in a hollow body organ and methods1,206US 5,891,094 AInnerdyne, Inc. · 1999
- Methods and apparatus for thermally-induced renal neuromodulation662US 7,617,005 B2Ardian, Inc. · 2009
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- Heat transfer catheters and methods of making and using same632US 5,624,392 A1997
- Expandable tip hemostatic probes and the like618US 5,103,804 ABoston Scientific Corporation · 1992