A61B 17/171
For external fixation
Official title: {for external fixation}
A61B17/171 (For external fixation) appears on 70 US grants and 71 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 70
- Published applications
- 71
- Assignees
- 46
- Inventors
- 118
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2006 | 1 | 4 |
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| 2009 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 |
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| 2012 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 4 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 |
| 2016 | 3 | 6 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3 |
| 2018 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019 | 4 | 5 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5 |
| 2022 | 3 | 2 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 11 |
| 2026 | 5 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Failure detection and sensor based control in a motorized bone fixation device8 Sep 2026US 12,727,916 B2Synthes GmbH
- Minimally invasive surgery lapidus system5 May 2026US 12,616,487 B2Acumed LLC
- Accordion maneuver with a bone fixation device5 May 2026US 12,616,505 B2Synthes GmbH
- Methods for forming a tunnel in bone24 Mar 2026US 12,582,423 B2Integrity Medical Services Inc.
- Circular fixator system and method3 Feb 2026US 12,539,144 B2Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
- Methods for forming a tunnel in bone30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215792 A1Integrity Medical Services Inc.
- Circular fixator system and method14 May 2026US 2026/0130694 A1Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
- System and methods for bone transport15 Jan 2026US 2026/0013912 A1NuVasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc.
- Bone segment translation system9 Oct 2025US 2025/0312069 A1Blue Ocean Global Corp.
- Method and system for shortening a bone2 Oct 2025US 2025/0302492 A1TriMed, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Universal guide for inserting parallel pins223US 4,570,624 AHenry Ford Hospital · 1986
- Systems and methods for producing osteotomies197US 6,547,793 B12003
- Device and method for producing osteotomies189US 6,027,504 A2000
- External fixator system159US 5,746,741 ATufts University · 1998
- Method and apparatus for external fixation of small bones144US 5,620,442 A1997