- 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: 2620
10-year publication summary
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211
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244
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181
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193
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177
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211
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144
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115
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131
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94
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Covidien LP | 10660 |
142 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10325 |
102 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13140 |
74 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc. | 176 |
64 |
| Cilag GmbH International | 6270 |
56 |
| ERBE Elektromedizin GmbH | 460 |
46 |
| Apyx Medical Corporation | 76 |
44 |
| Ablative Solutions, Inc. | 76 |
40 |
| Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing Unlimited Company | 250 |
37 |
| Fractyl Health, Inc. | 92 |
36 |
| Domain Surgical, Inc. | 55 |
33 |
| I.C. Medical, Inc. | 102 |
33 |
| U.S. Patent Innovations LLC | 73 |
28 |
| Channel Medsystems, Inc. | 59 |
26 |
| ArthroCare Corporation | 202 |
25 |
| CooperSurgical, Inc. | 569 |
24 |
| Creo Medical Limited | 333 |
24 |
| Relign Corporation | 103 |
23 |
| Thermedical, Inc. | 41 |
23 |
| Santa Anna Tech LLC | 26 |
23 |
| Other owners | 1717 |