- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosis; surgery; identification
- A61B 18/18 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by applying electromagnetic radiation, e.g. microwaves
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 18/18
Total number of patents in this class: 5592
10-year publication summary
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460
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427
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446
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406
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364
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333
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304
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205
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152
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56
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| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Covidien LP | 10647 |
725 |
| Creo Medical Limited | 383 |
281 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 8794 |
157 |
| St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc. | 923 |
97 |
| Cilag GmbH International | 5813 |
74 |
| Covidien AG | 480 |
69 |
| Koninklijke Philips N.V. | 22975 |
61 |
| Alcon, Inc. | 4899 |
60 |
| AtriCure, Inc. | 329 |
60 |
| Katalyst Surgical, LLC | 126 |
58 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13667 |
55 |
| NeuWave Medical, Inc. | 72 |
54 |
| Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.a.r.l. | 287 |
53 |
| Tyco Healthcare Group AG | 153 |
52 |
| Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. | 1925 |
48 |
| Emblation Limited | 72 |
47 |
| AMO Development, LLC | 691 |
46 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc. | 158 |
46 |
| Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing Unlimited Company | 154 |
43 |
| Kardium Inc. | 193 |
42 |
| Other owners | 3464 |