A61B 17/1764
For the knee
Official title: {for the knee}
A61B17/1764 (For the knee) appears on 2,114 US grants and 2,376 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,114
- Published applications
- 2,376
- Assignees
- 443
- Inventors
- 2,284
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 10 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 16 | 0 |
| 1993 | 16 | 0 |
| 1994 | 20 | 0 |
| 1995 | 14 | 0 |
| 1996 | 21 | 0 |
| 1997 | 25 | 0 |
| 1998 | 21 | 0 |
| 1999 | 21 | 0 |
| 2000 | 22 | 0 |
| 2001 | 17 | 3 |
| 2002 | 12 | 25 |
| 2003 | 21 | 28 |
| 2004 | 14 | 50 |
| 2005 | 17 | 52 |
| 2006 | 20 | 68 |
| 2007 | 17 | 56 |
| 2008 | 15 | 64 |
| 2009 | 28 | 72 |
| 2010 | 46 | 98 |
| 2011 | 51 | 97 |
| 2012 | 69 | 103 |
| 2013 | 115 | 137 |
| 2014 | 109 | 177 |
| 2015 | 154 | 113 |
| 2016 | 119 | 128 |
| 2017 | 132 | 125 |
| 2018 | 114 | 135 |
| 2019 | 130 | 154 |
| 2020 | 108 | 118 |
| 2021 | 138 | 130 |
| 2022 | 103 | 125 |
| 2023 | 96 | 93 |
| 2024 | 111 | 80 |
| 2025 | 91 | 87 |
| 2026 | 52 | 58 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for providing a tibial baseplate system6 Oct 2026US 12,751,722 B2
- Active robotic pin placement in total knee arthroplasty6 Oct 2026US 12,751,776 B2Think Surgical, Inc.
- ACL drill guide assembly29 Sep 2026US 12,746,016 B2Reconstruct Medical Supply LLC
- Methods and apparatus for mid-flexion balancing during knee arthroplasty29 Sep 2026US 12,746,018 B2Knimble Designs, Inc.
- Surgical instrument adapter and methods for navigated orthopaedic surgical procedures29 Sep 2026US 12,746,070 B2Depuy Ireland Unlimited Company
- Unicondylar instruments and procedures8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306110 A1Depuy Ireland Unlimited Company
- Methods and apparatus to remove tabs from machined parts8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306149 A1Accu-Precision Inc.
- Plug implant holders for replacing damaged hyaline cartilage on bone surfaces8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306279 A1Formae, Inc.
- System and method for aligning a cut guide on a bone1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294448 A1Think Surgical, Inc.
- Linked resection instrument and method of using the same in an orthopaedic surgical knee procedure1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294647 A1Depuy Ireland Unlimited Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for controlling a haptic device1,385US 8,287,522 B2MAKO Surgical Corp. · 2012
- Haptic guidance system and method1,367US 8,010,180 B2MAKO Surgical Corp. · 2011
- System and method for haptic sculpting of physical objects1,147US 7,206,626 B2Z-Kat, Inc. · 2007
- Systems and methods for joint replacement1,059US 9,339,226 B2OrthAlign, Inc. · 2016
- Method and apparatus for controlling a haptic device989US 9,492,237 B2MAKO Surgical Corp. · 2016