- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosissurgeryidentification
- A61B 18/04 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by heating
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 18/04
Total number of patents in this class: 2654
10-year publication summary
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268
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210
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213
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188
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223
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159
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124
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135
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127
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59
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| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Covidien LP | 10667 |
141 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 11225 |
121 |
| Olympus Corporation | 12929 |
76 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc. | 159 |
59 |
| Cilag GmbH International | 6425 |
57 |
| Apyx Medical Corporation | 81 |
47 |
| ERBE Elektromedizin GmbH | 464 |
46 |
| Ablative Solutions, Inc. | 79 |
42 |
| Fractyl Health, Inc. | 103 |
42 |
| Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing Unlimited Company | 293 |
37 |
| Domain Surgical, Inc. | 54 |
33 |
| I.C. Medical, Inc. | 99 |
32 |
| Channel Medsystems, Inc. | 61 |
26 |
| ArthroCare Corporation | 190 |
25 |
| U.S. Patent Innovations LLC | 65 |
25 |
| CooperSurgical, Inc. | 574 |
24 |
| Thermedical, Inc. | 42 |
24 |
| Relign Corporation | 105 |
23 |
| Santa Anna Tech LLC | 26 |
23 |
| Creo Medical Limited | 325 |
22 |
| Other owners | 1729 |