A61B 17/0206
With antagonistic arms as supports for retractor elements
Official title: {with antagonistic arms as supports for retractor elements}
A61B17/0206 (With antagonistic arms as supports for retractor elements) appears on 1,499 US grants and 1,632 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,499
- Published applications
- 1,632
- Assignees
- 437
- Inventors
- 1,985
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2023 | 95 | 79 |
| 2024 | 94 | 81 |
| 2025 | 85 | 73 |
| 2026 | 60 | 46 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Retractor system6 Oct 2026US 12,751,704 B2Thompson Surgical Instruments, Inc.
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- Surgical system and method29 Sep 2026US 12,745,996 B2Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for performing spine surgery29 Sep 2026US 12,745,997 B2NuVasive, Inc.
- Gross positioning device and related systems and methods29 Sep 2026US 12,746,096 B2Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
- Vertebral retractor8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306088 A1Shukla Medical
- Multifunctional detachable oral retractor for orthodontic treatment1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294420 A1Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Rachet-based retractor and distractor apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294421 A1Atlas Spine, Inc.
- Lateral retractor system for minimizing muscle damage in spinal surgery1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294422 A1
- Expandable surgical access port1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294473 A1Vycor Medical, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Soft tissue retractor and method for providing surgical access1,818US 5,810,721 AHeartport, Inc. · 1998
- Surgical instrument for stabilizing the beating heart during coronary artery bypass graft surgery1,637US 6,346,077 B1Cardiothoracic Systems, Inc. · 2002
- Retractor for performing heart and thorax surgeries1,416US 7,507,202 B2KARL STORZ GmbH&Co.KG · 2009
- Retractor1,392US 6,254,534 B1Atropos Limited · 2001
- Retractor and method for use1,328US 6,582,364 B2Atropos Limited · 2003