A61B 17/0642
For bones
Official title: {for bones, e.g. for osteosynthesis or connecting tendon to bone}
A61B17/0642 (For bones) appears on 1,056 US grants and 1,198 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,056
- Published applications
- 1,198
- Assignees
- 322
- Inventors
- 1,328
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 13 | 0 |
| 1997 | 13 | 0 |
| 1998 | 11 | 0 |
| 1999 | 20 | 0 |
| 2000 | 14 | 0 |
| 2001 | 25 | 9 |
| 2002 | 29 | 54 |
| 2003 | 21 | 40 |
| 2004 | 23 | 31 |
| 2005 | 9 | 22 |
| 2006 | 11 | 41 |
| 2007 | 16 | 44 |
| 2008 | 7 | 26 |
| 2009 | 14 | 36 |
| 2010 | 23 | 43 |
| 2011 | 33 | 37 |
| 2012 | 38 | 57 |
| 2013 | 35 | 63 |
| 2014 | 60 | 63 |
| 2015 | 51 | 49 |
| 2016 | 47 | 58 |
| 2017 | 54 | 66 |
| 2018 | 63 | 56 |
| 2019 | 61 | 63 |
| 2020 | 55 | 55 |
| 2021 | 48 | 47 |
| 2022 | 42 | 41 |
| 2023 | 26 | 47 |
| 2024 | 46 | 63 |
| 2025 | 59 | 47 |
| 2026 | 40 | 40 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Surgical devices for bone6 Oct 2026US 12,751,715 B2Expand Medical Ltd.
- Systems and methods for joint fusion6 Oct 2026US 12,751,836 B2Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC
- Low profile staple6 Oct 2026US D1,152,022 S1Medshape, Inc. · Design
- Compression staple systems and methods22 Sep 2026US 12,740,781 B2Vilex LLC
- Low profile staple and methods for using the same15 Sep 2026US 12,733,925 B2Medshape, Inc.
- Staple and Driver for Tendon Stapling Apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294431 A1KiriGenX, Inc.
- Apparatus, system, and method for generating patient-specific implants and/or instrumentation for osteotomies1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294546 A1Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.
- Bone repositioning guide system and procedure17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272664 A1Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC
- Stabilization devices3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256469 A1Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
- System and method for a medical implant with integrated propulsors13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232459 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Selectively orientable implantable fastener cartridge2,602US 8,393,514 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013
- Medical devices incorporating sim alloy elements2,338US 4,665,906 ARaychem Corporation · 1987
- Arbor press staple and washer and method for its use2,098US 5,352,229 A1994
- Systems for securing sutures, grafts and soft tissue to bone and periosteum2,057US 6,200,330 B12001
- Collapsible fastener cartridge2,017US 9,044,227 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2015