A61B 17/16
Instruments for performing osteoclasis
Official title: Instruments for performing osteoclasis; Drills or chisels for bones; Trepans {(arthroscopic bone cutters A61B17/320016)}
A61B17/16 (Instruments for performing osteoclasis) appears on 14,042 US grants and 16,724 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 14,042
- Published applications
- 16,724
- Assignees
- 2,888
- Inventors
- 14,820
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 12 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 17 | 0 |
| 1982 | 19 | 0 |
| 1983 | 13 | 0 |
| 1984 | 17 | 0 |
| 1985 | 23 | 0 |
| 1986 | 32 | 0 |
| 1987 | 36 | 0 |
| 1988 | 39 | 0 |
| 1989 | 49 | 0 |
| 1990 | 48 | 0 |
| 1991 | 58 | 0 |
| 1992 | 69 | 0 |
| 1993 | 64 | 0 |
| 1994 | 79 | 0 |
| 1995 | 90 | 0 |
| 1996 | 111 | 0 |
| 1997 | 135 | 0 |
| 1998 | 154 | 0 |
| 1999 | 182 | 0 |
| 2000 | 179 | 0 |
| 2001 | 170 | 56 |
| 2002 | 135 | 229 |
| 2003 | 195 | 275 |
| 2004 | 158 | 467 |
| 2005 | 134 | 477 |
| 2006 | 176 | 520 |
| 2007 | 142 | 481 |
| 2008 | 103 | 548 |
| 2009 | 212 | 479 |
| 2010 | 320 | 550 |
| 2011 | 380 | 588 |
| 2012 | 437 | 612 |
| 2013 | 564 | 714 |
| 2014 | 607 | 848 |
| 2015 | 689 | 726 |
| 2016 | 688 | 792 |
| 2017 | 715 | 822 |
| 2018 | 645 | 850 |
| 2019 | 767 | 889 |
| 2020 | 745 | 867 |
| 2021 | 832 | 983 |
| 2022 | 742 | 934 |
| 2023 | 765 | 828 |
| 2024 | 819 | 817 |
| 2025 | 887 | 804 |
| 2026 | 564 | 568 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 17/17Guides or aligning means for drills , mills, pins or wires8,128
- A61B 17/1662For particular parts of the body5,960
- A61B 17/1613Component parts3,845
- A61B 17/1604Chisels1,825
- A61B 17/1659Surgical rasps, files, planes, or scrapers1,437
- A61B 17/1637Hollow drills or saws producing a curved cut727
- A61B 2017/1602MillsIndexing code610
- A61B 17/164Intramedullary495
All 15 subgroupsShow fewer
- A61B 17/1635For grafts, harvesting or transplants466
- A61B 17/1642For producing a curved bore360
- A61B 17/1655For tapping300
- A61B 17/1697Specially adapted for wire insertion250
- A61B 17/1644Using fluid other than turbine drive fluid215
- A61B 17/1695Trepans or craniotomes, i.e. specially adapted for drilling thin bones such as215
- A61B 17/1657Bone breaking devices67
Recent patents
- Force measuring joint distraction lever6 Oct 2026US 12,751,708 B2MAKO Surgical Corp.
- Surgical devices for bone6 Oct 2026US 12,751,715 B2Expand Medical Ltd.
- 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
- Techniques for adaptive control of motor velocity of a surgical stapling and cutting instrument8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306097 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Unicondylar instruments and procedures8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306110 A1Depuy Ireland Unlimited Company
- Systems and methods for navigated reaming of the acetabulum8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306111 A1Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
- Right angle drill, instrumentation, system and methods of use and assembly8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306112 A1Paragon 28, Inc.
- Surgical Pin Driver System And Methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306113 A1Stryker Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Orthopedic surgical device2,191US 5,553,675 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1996
- Integrated system for powered surgical tools2,165US 6,017,354 AStryker Corporation · 2000
- Image-directed robotic system for precise robotic surgery including redundant consistency checking2,101US 5,408,409 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1995
- Battery powered surgical handpiece2,041US 5,207,697 AStryker Corporation · 1993
- Surgical apparatus permitting recharge of battery-driven surgical instrument in noncontact state1,979US 6,666,875 B1Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 2003