A61N 2007/0086
Beam steering
Official title: {Beam steering}
A61N2007/0086 (Beam steering) appears on 454 US grants and 846 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61N- Granted patents
- 454
- Published applications
- 846
- Assignees
- 307
- Inventors
- 1,300
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2010 | 6 | 12 |
| 2011 | 3 | 29 |
| 2012 | 2 | 40 |
| 2013 | 6 | 45 |
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| 2015 | 26 | 33 |
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| 2019 | 27 | 53 |
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| 2021 | 22 | 53 |
| 2022 | 31 | 56 |
| 2023 | 38 | 76 |
| 2024 | 54 | 87 |
| 2025 | 67 | 96 |
| 2026 | 53 | 62 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- 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.
- Ultrasonic wave generating apparatus capable of adjusting focusing depth of ultrasonic waves8 Sep 2026US 12,728,290 B2Jeisys Medical Inc.
- Ultrasound-mediated neurostimulation8 Sep 2026US 12,728,293 B2Insightec, Ltd.
- Ultrasound phased array on flexible CMOS and methods for fabricating hereof1 Sep 2026US 12,721,601 B2The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
- 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
- A wearable device for applying ultrasonic pulses on a blood vessel or a tissue of a subject24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284442 A1Novapulse Ltd
- Ultrasonic wave generating device having plurality of ultrasonic transducers, and ultrasonic treatment handpiece including same24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284446 A1Classys Inc.
- Patient interface for facilitating non-invasive acoustic delivery10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263843 A1Alpheus Medical, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for medical procedures using high-intensity focused ultrasound577US 6,007,499 AUniversity of Washington · 1999
- Systems and methods for reducing secondary hot spots in a phased array focused ultrasound system487US 6,419,648 B1InSightec-TxSonics Ltd. · 2002
- Phased array ultrasound system and method for cardiac ablation397US 5,590,657 AThe Regents of the University of Michigan · 1997
- Occlusion of tubular anatomical structures by energy application354US 6,599,256 B1Transurgical, Inc. · 2003
- Apparatus and method for acoustic heat generation and hyperthermia352US 5,501,655 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1996