A61N 2007/0004
Applications of ultrasound therapy
Official title: {Applications of ultrasound therapy}
A61N2007/0004 (Applications of ultrasound therapy) appears on 1,519 US grants and 2,764 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61N- Granted patents
- 1,519
- Published applications
- 2,764
- Assignees
- 750
- Inventors
- 2,938
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 6 | 12 |
| 2003 | 8 | 16 |
| 2004 | 7 | 14 |
| 2005 | 4 | 23 |
| 2006 | 2 | 22 |
| 2007 | 6 | 27 |
| 2008 | 5 | 45 |
| 2009 | 15 | 53 |
| 2010 | 14 | 55 |
| 2011 | 14 | 88 |
| 2012 | 22 | 114 |
| 2013 | 42 | 115 |
| 2014 | 59 | 134 |
| 2015 | 92 | 143 |
| 2016 | 94 | 137 |
| 2017 | 84 | 151 |
| 2018 | 74 | 140 |
| 2019 | 106 | 162 |
| 2020 | 112 | 198 |
| 2021 | 100 | 184 |
| 2022 | 110 | 168 |
| 2023 | 120 | 193 |
| 2024 | 138 | 216 |
| 2025 | 152 | 212 |
| 2026 | 115 | 141 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Methods to enhance the safety of transcranial ultrasound stimulation procedures6 Oct 2026US 12,752,133 B2Sanmai Technologies, PBC
- Non-invasive cancer treatment29 Sep 2026US 12,746,408 B2Scientia Biotech S.L
- Methods of using ultrasound waves for sonodynamic therapy22 Sep 2026US 12,741,161 B2Alpheus Medical, Inc.
- Systems and methods for simultaneous multi-focus ultrasound therapy in multiple dimensions22 Sep 2026US 12,741,162 B2Ulthera, Inc.
- Systems and methods for treatment of a patient including RF and electrical energy15 Sep 2026US 12,734,353 B2BTL Healthcare Technologies A.S.
- Focused ultrasound sonication with mechanical and electronic steering along a computed trajectory8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306880 A1Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
- Ai-enhanced non-imaging tus systems8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306881 A1Sanmai Technologies, PBC
- Device and method for ultrasound treatment of biological tissue8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306882 A1Beshape Technologies Ltd.
- Smart adaptive neuromodulation device for stellate ganglion modulation1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295304 A1
- High intensity therapeutic ultrasound (hitu) histotripsy systems, methods and treatment navigation software1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295305 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods and apparatus for renal neuromodulation793US 7,653,438 B2Ardian, Inc. · 2010
- Ultrasonic device for tissue ablation and sheath for use therewith730US 6,524,251 B2OmniSonics Medical Technologies, Inc. · 2003
- 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
- Ultrasonic surgical apparatus with silicon waveguide593US 8,882,792 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014