A61B 17/1703
Using imaging means
Official title: {using imaging means, e.g. by X-rays}
A61B17/1703 (Using imaging means) appears on 875 US grants and 1,080 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 875
- Published applications
- 1,080
- Assignees
- 272
- Inventors
- 1,176
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2019 | 49 | 69 |
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| 2021 | 69 | 98 |
| 2022 | 44 | 55 |
| 2023 | 67 | 54 |
| 2024 | 63 | 61 |
| 2025 | 62 | 39 |
| 2026 | 37 | 35 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Surgical systems and methods for facilitating tissue treatment25 Aug 2026US 12,714,504 B2Stryker European Operations Limited
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- Systems And Methods For Identifying And Tracking Physical Objects During A Robotic Surgical Procedure24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283713 A1MAKO Surgical Corp.
- Surgical robotics system with entry boundary17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272474 A1MAKO Surgical Corp.
- Devices, systems and methods for natural feature tracking of surgical tools and other objects20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240606 A1Intellijoint Surgical Inc.
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- System and method for haptic sculpting of physical objects1,147US 7,206,626 B2Z-Kat, Inc. · 2007
- On-board tool tracking system and methods of computer assisted surgery1,097US 9,498,231 B2Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska · 2016
- Tool with integrated navigation and guidance system and related apparatus and methods1,035US 9,554,812 B2DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. · 2017