A61B 17/17
Guides or aligning means for drills , mills, pins or wires
Official title: Guides {or aligning means} for drills {, mills, pins or wires}
A61B17/17 (Guides or aligning means for drills , mills, pins or wires) appears on 8,128 US grants and 9,706 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 8,128
- Published applications
- 9,706
- Assignees
- 1,739
- Inventors
- 8,950
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 11 | 0 |
| 1986 | 11 | 0 |
| 1987 | 16 | 0 |
| 1988 | 21 | 0 |
| 1989 | 24 | 0 |
| 1990 | 22 | 0 |
| 1991 | 25 | 0 |
| 1992 | 34 | 0 |
| 1993 | 34 | 0 |
| 1994 | 47 | 0 |
| 1995 | 49 | 0 |
| 1996 | 61 | 0 |
| 1997 | 66 | 0 |
| 1998 | 71 | 0 |
| 1999 | 83 | 0 |
| 2000 | 86 | 0 |
| 2001 | 91 | 33 |
| 2002 | 75 | 141 |
| 2003 | 115 | 144 |
| 2004 | 82 | 264 |
| 2005 | 79 | 283 |
| 2006 | 103 | 273 |
| 2007 | 76 | 246 |
| 2008 | 55 | 274 |
| 2009 | 121 | 301 |
| 2010 | 201 | 310 |
| 2011 | 224 | 339 |
| 2012 | 269 | 356 |
| 2013 | 352 | 435 |
| 2014 | 359 | 516 |
| 2015 | 420 | 407 |
| 2016 | 402 | 480 |
| 2017 | 428 | 467 |
| 2018 | 397 | 493 |
| 2019 | 449 | 517 |
| 2020 | 417 | 497 |
| 2021 | 499 | 593 |
| 2022 | 429 | 550 |
| 2023 | 457 | 482 |
| 2024 | 474 | 462 |
| 2025 | 537 | 495 |
| 2026 | 320 | 348 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 17/1739Specially adapted for particular parts of the body6,426
- A61B 17/1728For holes for bone plates or plate screws1,000
- A61B 17/1703Using imaging means875
- A61B 17/1725For applying transverse screws or pins through intramedullary nails or pins667
- A61B 17/1714For applying tendons or ligaments548
- A61B 17/1735For rasps or chisels399
- A61B 17/1717For applying intramedullary nails or pins393
- A61B 17/1796For holes for sutures or flexible wires307
Recent patents
- 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
- Ankle replacement system and method6 Oct 2026US 12,751,726 B2Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
- Fusion systems, instruments, bone plates and methods of use6 Oct 2026US 12,751,727 B2Paragon 28, Inc.
- Unicondylar instruments and procedures8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306110 A1Depuy Ireland Unlimited Company
- 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
- Systems, Apparatus and Methods for Stabilizing Sacroiliac Joints8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306116 A1Tenon Medical, Inc.
- Methods and apparatus to remove tabs from machined parts8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306149 A1Accu-Precision Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Image-directed robotic system for precise robotic surgery including redundant consistency checking2,101US 5,408,409 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1995
- Suture buttress1,840US 6,156,056 AEthicon, Inc. · 2000
- Suture buttress system1,747US 6,620,166 B1Ethicon, Inc. · 2003
- Suture buttress1,742US 6,814,741 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2004
- Tissue access guidewire system and method1,558US 7,857,813 B2Baxano, Inc. · 2010