A61B 17/320708
Curettes
Official title: {Curettes, e.g. hollow scraping instruments}
A61B17/320708 (Curettes) appears on 207 US grants and 283 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 207
- Published applications
- 283
- Assignees
- 138
- Inventors
- 504
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 5 |
| 2003 | 3 | 10 |
| 2004 | 4 | 18 |
| 2005 | 4 | 11 |
| 2006 | 3 | 16 |
| 2007 | 5 | 9 |
| 2008 | 1 | 11 |
| 2009 | 6 | 14 |
| 2010 | 6 | 8 |
| 2011 | 11 | 8 |
| 2012 | 8 | 7 |
| 2013 | 10 | 12 |
| 2014 | 5 | 8 |
| 2015 | 4 | 14 |
| 2016 | 7 | 11 |
| 2017 | 13 | 12 |
| 2018 | 6 | 15 |
| 2019 | 8 | 10 |
| 2020 | 5 | 6 |
| 2021 | 5 | 10 |
| 2022 | 8 | 15 |
| 2023 | 12 | 16 |
| 2024 | 11 | 13 |
| 2025 | 10 | 16 |
| 2026 | 5 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Surgical apparatus29 Sep 2026US 12,746,031 B2Linus Ventures LLC
- Bone harvesting11 Aug 2026US 12,702,430 B2The Johns Hopkins University
- Catheter systems and methods for medical procedures using catheters16 Jun 2026US 12,653,991 B2Cerevasc, Inc.
- Dual-headed surgical instrument5 May 2026US 12,616,484 B2King Saud University
- Multi-functional surgical instrument with attachable surgical instrument bits10 Feb 2026US 12,544,052 B2Nano Surgical, LLC
- Tools for spinal surgery27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248621 A1Spinal Surgical Strategies, Inc., a Nevada corporation d/b/a Kleiner Device Labs
- Handheld resection medical device with integrated particulation system16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198957 A1Arthrex, Inc.
- Method of performing percutaneous extraforaminotomy using tool set for percutaneous extraforaminotomy16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198959 A1
- Devices, systems, and methods for performing a surgical procedure25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174432 A1Glaive, LLC
- Surgical instrument21 May 2026US 2026/0137415 A1Spinal Surgical Strategies, Inc., a Nevada corporation d/b/a Kleiner Device Labs
Most cited
By later US patents
- Guidewire exchange systems to treat spinal stenosis1,451US 8,257,356 B2Baxano, Inc. · 2012
- Access and tissue modification systems and methods1,072US 8,568,416 B2Baxano Surgical, Inc. · 2013
- Cervical discectomy instruments432US 5,472,426 AB.E.I. Medical · 1995
- Devices and methods of vertebral disc augmentation425US 6,508,839 B1Intrinsic Orthopedics, Inc. · 2003
- Treatment system for surgery and control method of treatment system for surgery377US 8,287,485 B2Olympus Medical Systems Corp. · 2012