A61B 17/1775
For the foot or ankle
Official title: {for the foot or ankle}
A61B17/1775 (For the foot or ankle) appears on 784 US grants and 1,103 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 784
- Published applications
- 1,103
- Assignees
- 185
- Inventors
- 947
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2003 | 3 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4 |
| 2006 | 0 | 8 |
| 2007 | 0 | 7 |
| 2008 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 3 | 15 |
| 2010 | 4 | 21 |
| 2011 | 6 | 27 |
| 2012 | 14 | 21 |
| 2013 | 15 | 34 |
| 2014 | 27 | 36 |
| 2015 | 29 | 28 |
| 2016 | 26 | 30 |
| 2017 | 32 | 39 |
| 2018 | 37 | 48 |
| 2019 | 35 | 46 |
| 2020 | 39 | 61 |
| 2021 | 66 | 118 |
| 2022 | 61 | 95 |
| 2023 | 76 | 102 |
| 2024 | 84 | 119 |
| 2025 | 126 | 130 |
| 2026 | 85 | 103 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Metatarsal osteotomy systems and techniques with screw fixation1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294449 A1Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.
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