- 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: 1330
10-year publication summary
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119
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114
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118
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138
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111
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141
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109
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93
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102
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80
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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. | 10288 |
102 |
| Bolt Medical, Inc. | 131 |
62 |
| The Spectranetics Corporation | 212 |
61 |
| Koninklijke Philips N.V. | 24750 |
50 |
| Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing Unlimited Company | 245 |
40 |
| Gyrus ACMI, Inc. | 1214 |
32 |
| CardioFocus, Inc. | 63 |
24 |
| Eximo Medical Ltd. | 34 |
20 |
| AquaBeam LLC | 22 |
19 |
| Katalyst Surgical, LLC | 130 |
15 |
| Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. | 2152 |
14 |
| Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.a.r.l. | 264 |
14 |
| Sanuwave, Inc. | 91 |
14 |
| Covidien LP | 10662 |
13 |
| Alcon, Inc. | 5440 |
13 |
| Medlumics S.L. | 78 |
13 |
| Fractyl Health, Inc. | 90 |
13 |
| St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc. | 889 |
12 |
| AtriCure, Inc. | 341 |
12 |
| Digma Medical Ltd. | 17 |
12 |
| Other owners | 775 |