A61B 17/1675
For the knee
Official title: {for the knee}
A61B17/1675 (For the knee) appears on 1,307 US grants and 1,475 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,307
- Published applications
- 1,475
- Assignees
- 317
- Inventors
- 1,532
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 9 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 11 | 0 |
| 1995 | 10 | 0 |
| 1996 | 16 | 0 |
| 1997 | 21 | 0 |
| 1998 | 25 | 0 |
| 1999 | 18 | 0 |
| 2000 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 3 |
| 2002 | 11 | 18 |
| 2003 | 11 | 29 |
| 2004 | 15 | 38 |
| 2005 | 8 | 39 |
| 2006 | 14 | 50 |
| 2007 | 11 | 46 |
| 2008 | 15 | 48 |
| 2009 | 21 | 40 |
| 2010 | 36 | 56 |
| 2011 | 48 | 54 |
| 2012 | 50 | 65 |
| 2013 | 64 | 83 |
| 2014 | 75 | 102 |
| 2015 | 84 | 68 |
| 2016 | 82 | 82 |
| 2017 | 82 | 90 |
| 2018 | 62 | 65 |
| 2019 | 80 | 99 |
| 2020 | 59 | 73 |
| 2021 | 71 | 78 |
| 2022 | 58 | 66 |
| 2023 | 51 | 54 |
| 2024 | 66 | 57 |
| 2025 | 47 | 43 |
| 2026 | 35 | 29 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Force measuring joint distraction lever6 Oct 2026US 12,751,708 B2MAKO Surgical Corp.
- Assembly for use in knee surgery6 Oct 2026US 12,751,723 B2Eventum Orthopaedics Limited
- Systems and methods for orthopedic tool connectors22 Sep 2026US 12,740,810 B2Integrity Medical Services Inc.
- Systems and methods for surgical planning of arthroplasty procedures15 Sep 2026US 12,733,981 B2Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
- Systems and methods for joint balancing8 Sep 2026US 12,728,017 B2MAKO Surgical Corp.
- Surgical template and method for configuring and/or manufacturing a surgical template20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240551 A1Karl Leibinger Asset Management GmbH & Co. KG
- Offset guiding device and method of use thereof20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240553 A1T.A.G. Medical Devices - Agriculture Cooperative Ltd.
- Temporal bone implant and method for configuring and/or manufacturing a temporal bone implant20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240569 A1Karl Leibinger Asset Management GmbH & Co. KG
- Systems and methods for orthopedic tool connectors6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224246 A1Integrity Medical Services Inc.
- System and methods for connective tissue repair using scaffolds23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207818 A1Children's Medical Center Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Haptic guidance system and method1,367US 8,010,180 B2MAKO Surgical Corp. · 2011
- 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
- System and method for joint resurface repair805US 6,520,964 B2STD Manufacturing Ltd. · 2003
- On-board tool tracking system and methods of computer assisted surgery782US 10,219,811 B2Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska · 2019
- Methods and compositions for articular repair681US 7,468,075 B2ConforMIS, Inc. · 2008