- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosissurgeryidentification
- A61B 18/24 - 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 the beam being directed along or through a flexible conduit, e.g. an optical fibreHand-pieces therefor with a catheter
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 18/24
Total number of patents in this class: 1350
10-year publication summary
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114
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110
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114
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135
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106
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129
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101
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90
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100
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92
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10345 |
104 |
| Bolt Medical, Inc. | 137 |
62 |
| The Spectranetics Corporation | 212 |
61 |
| Koninklijke Philips N.V. | 24932 |
51 |
| Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing Unlimited Company | 252 |
41 |
| Gyrus ACMI, Inc. | 1229 |
33 |
| CardioFocus, Inc. | 63 |
24 |
| Eximo Medical Ltd. | 35 |
20 |
| AquaBeam LLC | 22 |
19 |
| Katalyst Surgical, LLC | 130 |
15 |
| Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. | 2168 |
14 |
| Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.a.r.l. | 262 |
14 |
| Vascular Wave LLC | 18 |
14 |
| Covidien LP | 10672 |
13 |
| Alcon, Inc. | 5493 |
13 |
| Medlumics S.L. | 78 |
13 |
| Fractyl Health, Inc. | 93 |
13 |
| St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc. | 883 |
12 |
| AtriCure, Inc. | 348 |
12 |
| Digma Medical Ltd. | 17 |
12 |
| Other owners | 790 |