- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosis; surgery; identification
- A61B 18/20 - 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
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 18/20
Total number of patents in this class: 3063
10-year publication summary
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291
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285
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285
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306
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341
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264
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230
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219
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161
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47
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| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Koninklijke Philips N.V. | 22975 |
145 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 8794 |
80 |
| AMO Development, LLC | 691 |
78 |
| The General Hospital Corporation | 4517 |
67 |
| Alcon, Inc. | 4899 |
58 |
| Covidien LP | 10647 |
51 |
| Lutronic Corporation | 219 |
39 |
| Convergent Dental, Inc. | 77 |
33 |
| Kardium Inc. | 193 |
33 |
| Katalyst Surgical, LLC | 126 |
33 |
| Candela Corporation | 181 |
31 |
| Aerin Medical, Inc. | 82 |
30 |
| The Spectranetics Corporation | 228 |
30 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec AG | 1541 |
29 |
| Lumenis Ltd. | 119 |
29 |
| Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. | 13133 |
28 |
| AtriCure, Inc. | 329 |
26 |
| Lensar, Inc. | 130 |
25 |
| Lumenis Be Ltd. | 206 |
25 |
| Biolase, Inc. | 164 |
24 |
| Other owners | 2169 |