A61B 17/1714
For applying tendons or ligaments
Official title: {for applying tendons or ligaments (implements for applying tendons or ligaments A61F2/0805)}
A61B17/1714 (For applying tendons or ligaments) appears on 548 US grants and 536 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 548
- Published applications
- 536
- Assignees
- 158
- Inventors
- 651
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 12 | 0 |
| 2000 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 3 |
| 2002 | 6 | 14 |
| 2003 | 11 | 11 |
| 2004 | 10 | 24 |
| 2005 | 7 | 21 |
| 2006 | 9 | 24 |
| 2007 | 11 | 16 |
| 2008 | 6 | 14 |
| 2009 | 15 | 22 |
| 2010 | 13 | 30 |
| 2011 | 22 | 17 |
| 2012 | 16 | 24 |
| 2013 | 22 | 26 |
| 2014 | 29 | 39 |
| 2015 | 30 | 27 |
| 2016 | 26 | 28 |
| 2017 | 25 | 25 |
| 2018 | 34 | 19 |
| 2019 | 17 | 22 |
| 2020 | 21 | 21 |
| 2021 | 14 | 16 |
| 2022 | 20 | 27 |
| 2023 | 9 | 14 |
| 2024 | 20 | 12 |
| 2025 | 24 | 22 |
| 2026 | 9 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical aimer1,019US 9,237,895 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc. · 2016
- Suture anchor system907US 4,738,255 ABiotron Labs, Inc. · 1988
- Cannulated self-tapping bone screw653US 4,950,270 ABoehringer Mannheim GmbH · 1990
- Method of loading tendons into the knee557US 5,918,604 AArthrex, Inc. · 1999
- Method for ACL reconstruction523US 5,139,520 AAmerican Cyanamid Company · 1992