- 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: 1402
10-year publication summary
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115
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118
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140
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113
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143
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110
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100
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106
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121
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42
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| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 11181 |
136 |
| Koninklijke Philips N.V. | 25895 |
57 |
| The Spectranetics Corporation | 204 |
57 |
| Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing Unlimited Company | 293 |
43 |
| Gyrus ACMI, Inc. | 1293 |
38 |
| Bolt Medical, Inc. | 76 |
37 |
| CardioFocus, Inc. | 64 |
26 |
| Eximo Medical Ltd. | 38 |
22 |
| AquaBeam LLC | 22 |
19 |
| Vascular Wave LLC | 20 |
16 |
| Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. | 2281 |
15 |
| Katalyst Surgical, LLC | 131 |
15 |
| Fractyl Health, Inc. | 103 |
15 |
| Alcon, Inc. | 5883 |
13 |
| Medlumics S.L. | 76 |
13 |
| Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.a.r.l. | 250 |
13 |
| St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc. | 848 |
12 |
| The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. | 3700 |
12 |
| AtriCure, Inc. | 350 |
12 |
| Lumenis Ltd. | 164 |
12 |
| Other owners | 819 |