- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosissurgeryidentification
- A61B 18/08 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by heating by means of electrically-heated probes
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 18/08
Total number of patents in this class: 1542
10-year publication summary
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179
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164
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192
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149
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133
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109
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79
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90
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96
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57
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| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Olympus Corporation | 12897 |
169 |
| Covidien LP | 10709 |
159 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 11338 |
53 |
| Cilag GmbH International | 6393 |
51 |
| Aerin Medical, Inc. | 98 |
39 |
| Avenu Medical, Inc. | 73 |
35 |
| AtriCure, Inc. | 356 |
30 |
| Domain Surgical, Inc. | 53 |
29 |
| Gyrus ACMI, Inc. | 1307 |
24 |
| Kardium Inc. | 211 |
24 |
| Thermedical, Inc. | 42 |
20 |
| Centricity Vision, Inc. | 41 |
18 |
| Mederi RF, LLC | 18 |
17 |
| Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. | 2313 |
16 |
| Fractyl Health, Inc. | 106 |
16 |
| MAQUET Cardiovascular LLC | 128 |
14 |
| Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing Unlimited Company | 298 |
14 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 108 |
13 |
| St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. | 1702 |
12 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 4472 |
12 |
| Other owners | 777 |