A61B 17/6441
Bilateral fixators, i.e. with both ends of pins or wires clamped
Official title: {Bilateral fixators, i.e. with both ends of pins or wires clamped}
A61B17/6441 (Bilateral fixators, i.e. with both ends of pins or wires clamped) appears on 104 US grants and 101 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 104
- Published applications
- 101
- Assignees
- 69
- Inventors
- 227
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Multifunctional traction and bone fixation device4 Aug 2026US 12,697,143 B2
- Alert processor for a bone fixation device16 Jun 2026US 12,653,579 B2Synthes GmbH
- Augmented reality (AR)-assisted enhanced fracture reduction fixator26 May 2026US 12,636,042 B2The Fourth Medical Center of the Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital
- Medical device24 Mar 2026US 12,582,444 B2Arbutus Medical Inc.
- Y-frame external bone fixator24 Feb 2026US 12,558,126 B2Gitlin LLC
- Alert processor for a bone fixation device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272512 A1Synthes GmbH
- Medical device2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183021 A1Arbutus Medical Inc.
- External fixator assembly20 Nov 2025US 2025/0352246 A1Globus Medical, Inc.
- Augmented reality (ar)-assisted enhanced fracture reduction fixator20 Mar 2025US 2025/0090200 A1The Fourth Medical Center of the Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital
- Device for intramedullary nailing of the tibia2 Jan 2025US 2025/0000527 A1Hemitec Finland Oy
Most cited
By later US patents
- External fixator apparatus364US 5,443,464 AMemphis Orthopaedic Design, Inc. · 1995
- External distractor/fixator for the management of fractures and dislocations of interphalangeal joints263US 5,976,125 AThe Cleveland Clinic Foundation · 1999
- External fixator system159US 5,746,741 ATufts University · 1998
- Distraction apparatus for osteosynthesis of short tubular bones142US 4,978,347 A1990
- External bone-anchoring element128US 4,365,624 AJaquet Orthopedie S.A. · 1982