A61M 2025/0166
Sensors, electrodes or the like for guiding the catheter to a target
Official title: {Sensors, electrodes or the like for guiding the catheter to a target zone, e.g. image guided or magnetically guided}
A61M2025/0166 (Sensors, electrodes or the like for guiding the catheter to a target) appears on 694 US grants and 1,126 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 694
- Published applications
- 1,126
- Assignees
- 332
- Inventors
- 1,672
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 1 |
| 2002 | 5 | 8 |
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| 2004 | 1 | 9 |
| 2005 | 2 | 12 |
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| 2008 | 2 | 18 |
| 2009 | 4 | 13 |
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| 2011 | 5 | 17 |
| 2012 | 15 | 36 |
| 2013 | 11 | 47 |
| 2014 | 30 | 31 |
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| 2017 | 24 | 60 |
| 2018 | 26 | 53 |
| 2019 | 47 | 86 |
| 2020 | 57 | 111 |
| 2021 | 55 | 90 |
| 2022 | 40 | 69 |
| 2023 | 82 | 70 |
| 2024 | 87 | 110 |
| 2025 | 56 | 104 |
| 2026 | 45 | 52 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Multi-layered catheter shaft construction with embedded single axial sensors, and related methods1 Sep 2026US 12,721,563 B2Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Finding elongation of expandable distal end of catheter1 Sep 2026US 12,721,971 B2Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- System for catheter-guided visualization and rendering8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306050 A1GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- System and computer implemented method for controlling a flexible device whilst inspecting or repairing a component8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307242 A1ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Balloon Dilation Devices, Methods of Use, and Methods of Manufacture24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283635 A1Entellus Medical, Inc.
- A delivery system for placement of a leadless pacemaker device in a human body24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284384 A1Biotronik SE & Co.KG
- Needle-Guidance Systems, Devices, and Method Thereof Including RFID Technology24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290528 A1Bard Access Systems, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Medical procedures and apparatus using intrabody probes1,425US 6,332,089 B1Biosense, Inc. · 2001
- Robotic instrument systems and methods utilizing optical fiber sensor1,319US 9,186,046 B2Koninklijke Philips Electronics N. V. · 2015
- Method for carrying out a medical procedure using a three-dimensional tracking and imaging system968US 6,246,898 B1Sonometrics Corporation · 2001
- Method for carrying out a medical procedure using a three-dimensional tracking and imaging system862US 5,797,849 ASonometrics Corporation · 1998
- Navigational guidance via computer-assisted fluoroscopic imaging690US 6,470,207 B1Surgical Navigation Technologies, Inc. · 2002