- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosissurgeryidentification
- A61B 18/08 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by heating by means of electrically-heated probes
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 18/08
Total number of patents in this class: 1441
10-year publication summary
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133
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179
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163
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191
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150
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132
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102
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75
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81
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38
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Olympus Corporation | 13197 |
166 |
| Covidien LP | 10621 |
158 |
| Cilag GmbH International | 6216 |
47 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10162 |
46 |
| Avenu Medical, Inc. | 70 |
33 |
| Aerin Medical, Inc. | 87 |
30 |
| AtriCure, Inc. | 343 |
29 |
| Domain Surgical, Inc. | 55 |
29 |
| Kardium Inc. | 211 |
26 |
| Gyrus ACMI, Inc. | 1200 |
22 |
| Thermedical, Inc. | 41 |
20 |
| Centricity Vision, Inc. | 40 |
18 |
| Mederi RF, LLC | 18 |
17 |
| MAQUET Cardiovascular LLC | 139 |
16 |
| Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. | 2125 |
13 |
| Fractyl Health, Inc. | 87 |
13 |
| St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. | 1501 |
12 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 93 |
12 |
| Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.a.r.l. | 264 |
11 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 4007 |
10 |
| Other owners | 713 |