- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosissurgeryidentification
- A61B 18/26 - 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 for producing a shock wave, e.g. laser lithotripsy
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 18/26
Total number of patents in this class: 628
10-year publication summary
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19
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32
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33
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35
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51
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88
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59
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71
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97
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73
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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. | 10291 |
123 |
| Gyrus ACMI, Inc. | 1216 |
87 |
| Bolt Medical, Inc. | 132 |
83 |
| Lumenis Ltd. | 150 |
27 |
| Auris Health, Inc. | 867 |
18 |
| Sanuwave, Inc. | 91 |
15 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc. | 235 |
14 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13174 |
13 |
| IPG Photonics Corporation | 530 |
12 |
| The Spectranetics Corporation | 212 |
11 |
| Calyxo, Inc. | 21 |
10 |
| Koninklijke Philips N.V. | 24767 |
8 |
| Pipstek, LLC | 13 |
7 |
| Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 326 |
5 |
| FastWave Medical Inc. | 24 |
5 |
| Board of Regents, The University of Texas System | 5808 |
4 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. | 1771 |
4 |
| Optical Integrity, Inc. | 14 |
4 |
| C2dx, Inc. | 61 |
4 |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | 80 |
3 |
| Other owners | 171 |