A61B 17/1693
For the ribs
Official title: {for the ribs}
A61B17/1693 (For the ribs) appears on 9 US grants and 12 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 9
- Published applications
- 12
- Assignees
- 10
- Inventors
- 19
- Latest grant
- 4 Nov 2025
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| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 2002 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2017 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
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Recent patents
- Elastic bar for pectus excavatum repair4 Nov 2025US 12,458,407 B2Brigham Young University
- Rib fracture repair device4 Mar 2025US 12,239,328 B2Purdue Research Foundation
- Rib fracture fixation device and methods for use thereof12 Nov 2024US 12,137,949 B2Sanford Health
- Device, kit for repairing and fixing articular cartilage, and method for the same6 Aug 2024US 12,053,394 B2Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital
- Intramedullary bone fixation device for ribs19 Dec 2023US 11,844,553 B2DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Rib Fracture Fixation Device and Methods for Use Thereof27 Mar 2025US 2025/0099144 A1Sanford Health
- Minimally invasive rib fracture repair27 Jun 2024US 2024/0206928 A1
- Elastic bar for pectus excavatum repair17 Aug 2023US 2023/0255666 A1Children's Hospital Medical Center
- Rib fracture repair device10 Aug 2023US 2023/0248372 A1Purdue Research Foundation
- Intramedullary Bone Fixation Device For Ribs16 Mar 2023US 2023/0083740 A1DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Strernum closure device and pincers for mounting staples and approximator brackets5US 6,368,342 B1Haifa Surgical Instruments Ltd. · 2002
- Apparatus and method for cutting costal cartilage3US 8,535,315 B2The Regents of the University of California · 2013
- Tool for cutting bone for surgical use1US 10,485,560 B2Razor Medical Instruments, Inc. · 2019