A61B 17/15
Guides therefor
A61B17/15 (Guides therefor) appears on 3,053 US grants and 3,595 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 3,595
- Assignees
- 618
- Inventors
- 3,344
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 125 | 124 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Granted patents
Recent patents
- Humeral resection guides, and related methods, for use in tissue sparing shoulder arthroplasties6 Oct 2026US 12,751,720 B2DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- MIS osteotomy guide6 Oct 2026US 12,751,721 B2Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
- Systems and methods for providing a tibial baseplate system6 Oct 2026US 12,751,722 B2
- Assembly for use in knee surgery6 Oct 2026US 12,751,723 B2Eventum Orthopaedics Limited
- Ankle replacement system and method6 Oct 2026US 12,751,726 B2Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
- Unicondylar instruments and procedures8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306110 A1Depuy Ireland Unlimited Company
- Humeral head implant system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306269 A1Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
- Patient-specific osteotomy instrumentation1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294542 A1Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.
- Linked resection instrument and method of using the same in an orthopaedic surgical knee procedure1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294647 A1Depuy Ireland Unlimited Company
- Surgical cutting guide24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283624 A1Jhnb LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Intramedullary bone cutting saw1,860US 5,591,170 AGenesis Orthopedics · 1997
- System, apparatus, and method for cutting bone during an orthopaedic surgical procedure1,646US 8,608,745 B2DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. · 2013
- Powered surgical tool with control module that contains a sensor for remotely monitoring the tool power generating unit1,623US 7,638,958 B2Stryker Corporation · 2009
- Computer-assisted surgical system1,309US 5,682,886 A1997
- Method of mixing bone cement with a power tool including monitoring the mixing of the cement based on data regarding characteristics of components forming the cement and the current drawn by the power tool1,247US 8,657,482 B2Stryker Corporation · 2014