A61B 17/68
Internal fixation devices , including fasteners and spinal fixators, even if a
Official title: Internal fixation devices {, including fasteners and spinal fixators, even if a part thereof projects from the skin (bone staples A61B17/0642)}
A61B17/68 (Internal fixation devices , including fasteners and spinal fixators, even if a) appears on 21,054 US grants and 25,279 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 21,054
- Published applications
- 25,279
- Assignees
- 3,637
- Inventors
- 18,780
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 14 | 0 |
| 1977 | 22 | 0 |
| 1978 | 15 | 0 |
| 1979 | 10 | 0 |
| 1980 | 12 | 0 |
| 1981 | 23 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 268 | 95 |
| 2002 | 240 | 370 |
| 2003 | 325 | 417 |
| 2004 | 252 | 611 |
| 2005 | 175 | 793 |
| 2006 | 233 | 883 |
| 2007 | 227 | 947 |
| 2008 | 148 | 1198 |
| 2009 | 332 | 992 |
| 2010 | 645 | 1158 |
| 2011 | 771 | 1118 |
| 2012 | 992 | 1152 |
| 2013 | 1015 | 1191 |
| 2014 | 1125 | 1331 |
| 2015 | 1147 | 1207 |
| 2016 | 1158 | 1231 |
| 2017 | 1152 | 1250 |
| 2018 | 1092 | 1219 |
| 2019 | 1129 | 1165 |
| 2020 | 1075 | 1190 |
| 2021 | 1005 | 1143 |
| 2022 | 985 | 1079 |
| 2023 | 882 | 992 |
| 2024 | 925 | 902 |
| 2025 | 968 | 929 |
| 2026 | 666 | 716 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 17/70Spinal positioners or stabilisers11,724
- A61B 17/84Fasteners therefor or fasteners being internal fixation devices8,317
- A61B 17/80Cortical plates , i.e. bone plates5,709
- A61B 17/72Intramedullary devices2,356
- A61B 2017/681Alignment, compression, or distraction mechanismsIndexing code1,125
- A61B 17/74Devices for the head or neck or trochanter of the femur929
- A61B 17/82For bone cerclage753
- A61B 17/683Comprising bone transfixation elements395
Recent patents
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- Guidewire-capturing surgical instrument8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306115 A1Globus Medical, Inc.
- Systems, Apparatus and Methods for Stabilizing Sacroiliac Joints8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306116 A1Tenon Medical, Inc.
- Spinal tethering devices, systems, and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306138 A1Highridge Medical, LLC
- Orthopedic extendable rods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306139 A1Globus Medical, Inc.
- System and method for fixation of implantable sensors8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306140 A1The Johns Hopkins University
Most cited
By later US patents
- Medical devices incorporating sim alloy elements2,338US 4,665,906 ARaychem Corporation · 1987
- Clip and osteosynthesis plate with dynamic compression and self-retention1,992US 5,246,443 A1993
- Absorbable surgical fastener with bone penetrating elements1,956US 5,522,817 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1996
- Bone fixation screw system1,955US 6,022,352 ABiomet, Inc. · 2000
- Absorbable surgical repair devices1,935US 5,342,395 AAmerican Cyanamid Company · 1994