A61B 17/1615
Drill bits, i.e. rotating tools extending from a handpiece to contact the
Official title: {Drill bits, i.e. rotating tools extending from a handpiece to contact the worked material}
A61B17/1615 (Drill bits, i.e. rotating tools extending from a handpiece to contact the) appears on 2,070 US grants and 2,708 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,070
- Published applications
- 2,708
- Assignees
- 664
- Inventors
- 3,019
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2025 | 134 | 133 |
| 2026 | 97 | 89 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Surgical drill bit having an identification feature6 Oct 2026US 12,751,724 B2Stryker Corporation
- Cranial drill with automatic stop and associated systems and methods6 Oct 2026US 12,751,725 B2Hubly Inc.
- Surgical system for positioning prosthetic component and/or for constraining movement of surgical tool6 Oct 2026US 12,751,774 B2MAKO Surgical Corp.
- Surgical resection device and methods of operation thereof29 Sep 2026US 12,746,014 B2Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
- System of a bone anchor and an elongate instrument29 Sep 2026US 12,746,048 B2Biedermann Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
- Rotary Surgical Cutting System And Related Accessories1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294445 A1Stryker European Operations Limited
- End Effectors And Methods For Driving Tools Guided By Surgical Robotic Systems1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294559 A1MAKO Surgical Corp.
- Drill24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284754 A1Medmetalex Co., Ltd.
- Surgical robotics system with entry boundary17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272474 A1MAKO Surgical Corp.
- Minimally Invasive Integrated Instrument Assembly for Spinal Surgery17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272476 A1Unintech GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Intramedullary bone cutting saw1,860US 5,591,170 AGenesis Orthopedics · 1997
- Surgical instrument for orthopedic surgery1,422US 8,221,424 B2Spinascope, Inc. · 2012
- Depth controllable and measurable medical driver devices and methods of use1,243US 8,894,654 B2Smart Medical Devices, Inc. · 2014
- Surgical instrument including housing, a cutting accessory that extends from the housing and actuators that establish the position of the cutting accessory relative to the housing1,181US 9,707,043 B2Stryker Corporation · 2017
- Surgical apparatus including a hand-activated, cable assembly and method of using same1,098US 8,657,808 B2Medtronic, Inc. · 2014