- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosissurgeryidentification
- A61B 18/20 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by applying electromagnetic radiation, e.g. microwaves using laser
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 18/20
Total number of patents in this class: 3393
10-year publication summary
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270
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296
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325
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258
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243
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248
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185
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211
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202
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25
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| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Koninklijke Philips N.V. | 25385 |
155 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10777 |
100 |
| Alcon, Inc. | 5616 |
66 |
| The General Hospital Corporation | 4796 |
63 |
| AMO Development, LLC | 636 |
60 |
| Covidien LP | 10661 |
53 |
| Aerin Medical, Inc. | 94 |
40 |
| Lutronic Corporation | 249 |
40 |
| Lumenis Ltd. | 160 |
36 |
| Gyrus ACMI, Inc. | 1265 |
33 |
| Convergent Dental, Inc. | 83 |
33 |
| Kardium Inc. | 216 |
33 |
| Katalyst Surgical, LLC | 131 |
33 |
| Candela Corporation | 181 |
32 |
| AtriCure, Inc. | 347 |
30 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec AG | 1663 |
30 |
| The Spectranetics Corporation | 209 |
29 |
| Lensar, Inc. | 138 |
27 |
| Lumenis Be Ltd. | 210 |
26 |
| Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing Unlimited Company | 269 |
26 |
| Other owners | 2448 |