- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosissurgeryidentification
- A61B 18/18 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by applying electromagnetic radiation, e.g. microwaves
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 18/18
Total number of patents in this class: 5383
10-year publication summary
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446
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407
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367
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350
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331
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229
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194
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223
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184
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118
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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 | 10650 |
745 |
| Creo Medical Limited | 324 |
238 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 11120 |
144 |
| St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc. | 850 |
82 |
| Cilag GmbH International | 6409 |
77 |
| Koninklijke Philips N.V. | 25832 |
72 |
| NeuWave Medical, Inc. | 87 |
68 |
| Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing Unlimited Company | 293 |
65 |
| Katalyst Surgical, LLC | 131 |
58 |
| AtriCure, Inc. | 348 |
57 |
| Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. | 2275 |
54 |
| Alcon, Inc. | 5848 |
53 |
| Aerin Medical, Inc. | 94 |
50 |
| Olympus Corporation | 12942 |
49 |
| Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.a.r.l. | 251 |
49 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc. | 160 |
47 |
| Kardium Inc. | 213 |
45 |
| Emblation Limited | 62 |
37 |
| AngioDynamics, Inc. | 312 |
35 |
| Covidien AG | 358 |
35 |
| Other owners | 3323 |