A61B 17/155
Cutting femur
Official title: {Cutting femur}
A61B17/155 (Cutting femur) appears on 1,385 US grants and 1,532 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,385
- Published applications
- 1,532
- Assignees
- 266
- Inventors
- 1,452
- 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 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 8 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 14 | 0 |
| 1996 | 16 | 0 |
| 1997 | 29 | 0 |
| 1998 | 21 | 0 |
| 1999 | 22 | 0 |
| 2000 | 17 | 0 |
| 2001 | 12 | 4 |
| 2002 | 11 | 17 |
| 2003 | 12 | 18 |
| 2004 | 13 | 31 |
| 2005 | 10 | 51 |
| 2006 | 12 | 43 |
| 2007 | 12 | 44 |
| 2008 | 11 | 42 |
| 2009 | 22 | 49 |
| 2010 | 35 | 67 |
| 2011 | 36 | 54 |
| 2012 | 37 | 62 |
| 2013 | 75 | 89 |
| 2014 | 66 | 114 |
| 2015 | 103 | 68 |
| 2016 | 69 | 87 |
| 2017 | 93 | 87 |
| 2018 | 78 | 87 |
| 2019 | 85 | 103 |
| 2020 | 68 | 68 |
| 2021 | 88 | 86 |
| 2022 | 54 | 77 |
| 2023 | 74 | 61 |
| 2024 | 55 | 49 |
| 2025 | 60 | 51 |
| 2026 | 28 | 23 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Unicondylar cutting block8 Sep 2026US 12,727,890 B2Depuy Ireland Unlimited Company, Loughbeg Industrial Estate
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- Surgical cutting guide24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283624 A1Jhnb LLC
- Method and system for performing bone resection in robotized computer-assisted surgery27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248568 A1Orthosoft Ulc
- Registration of intramedullary canal during revision total knee arthroplasty20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240552 A1Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
- Patient-specific guides, systems, and methods13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232326 A1Catalyst Orthoscience Inc.
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