A61B 17/1622
Drill handpieces
Official title: {Drill handpieces (A61B17/1626, A61B17/1628 take precedence)}
A61B17/1622 (Drill handpieces) appears on 824 US grants and 1,081 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 824
- Published applications
- 1,081
- Assignees
- 316
- Inventors
- 1,462
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 8 |
| 2004 | 4 | 22 |
| 2005 | 1 | 30 |
| 2006 | 4 | 36 |
| 2007 | 8 | 22 |
| 2008 | 11 | 28 |
| 2009 | 19 | 19 |
| 2010 | 14 | 28 |
| 2011 | 14 | 27 |
| 2012 | 16 | 20 |
| 2013 | 34 | 43 |
| 2014 | 22 | 34 |
| 2015 | 41 | 57 |
| 2016 | 38 | 49 |
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| 2018 | 34 | 51 |
| 2019 | 49 | 60 |
| 2020 | 59 | 77 |
| 2021 | 53 | 71 |
| 2022 | 64 | 76 |
| 2023 | 52 | 67 |
| 2024 | 68 | 67 |
| 2025 | 76 | 71 |
| 2026 | 51 | 66 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Tool for the manipulation of fastening devices8 Sep 2026US 12,727,927 B2
- Surgical tool system including a tool unit and a battery and control module25 Aug 2026US 12,714,441 B2Stryker Corporation
- Limited-use surgical devices and limited-use disposable attachments for use with surgical devices25 Aug 2026US 12,714,442 B2Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
- Systems, kits, and devices for drilling articular cartilage and methods thereof25 Aug 2026US 12,714,580 B2Epibone, Inc.
- Hip joint method18 Aug 2026US 12,708,375 B2
- Right angle drill, instrumentation, system and methods of use and assembly8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306112 A1Paragon 28, Inc.
- 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.
- Surgical Drill System With Telescoping Member24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283625 A1Stryker Corporation
- Fixed Angle Instrument With Rounded Linkages17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272477 A1VB Spine LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Integrated system for powered surgical tools2,165US 6,017,354 AStryker Corporation · 2000
- Powered surgical handpiece with removable control switch1,906US 6,752,816 B2Stryker Corporation · 2004
- Powered surgical apparatus, method of manufacturing powered surgical apparatus, and method of using powered surgical apparatus1,743US 7,473,263 B2Gyrus Ent, L.L.C. · 2009
- 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
- Powered surgical apparatus, method of manufacturing powered surgical apparatus, and method of using powered surgical apparatus1,588US 7,247,161 B2Gyrus Ent, L.L.C. · 2007