A61B 17/688
For reattaching pieces of the skull
Official title: {for reattaching pieces of the skull}
A61B17/688 (For reattaching pieces of the skull) appears on 194 US grants and 214 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 194
- Published applications
- 214
- Assignees
- 98
- Inventors
- 345
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 1 |
| 2002 | 5 | 16 |
| 2003 | 12 | 9 |
| 2004 | 7 | 10 |
| 2005 | 5 | 6 |
| 2006 | 3 | 7 |
| 2007 | 2 | 9 |
| 2008 | 3 | 13 |
| 2009 | 2 | 6 |
| 2010 | 7 | 10 |
| 2011 | 6 | 8 |
| 2012 | 15 | 9 |
| 2013 | 8 | 12 |
| 2014 | 8 | 5 |
| 2015 | 12 | 13 |
| 2016 | 9 | 10 |
| 2017 | 9 | 7 |
| 2018 | 6 | 6 |
| 2019 | 2 | 8 |
| 2020 | 10 | 10 |
| 2021 | 8 | 12 |
| 2022 | 6 | 5 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3 |
| 2024 | 3 | 8 |
| 2025 | 3 | 10 |
| 2026 | 7 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Implant for fixing a cranial bone flap in a cranial opening8 Sep 2026US 12,727,918 B2Aesculap AG
- Assembleable artificial bone plate and artificial bone plate unit1 Sep 2026US 12,721,656 B2Ji Yan Biomedical Co., Ltd.
- Cranial spring apparatus and methods21 Jul 2026US 12,685,566 B2University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
- Cranial fixation devices14 Jul 2026US 12,678,200 B2Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Drill guide fixtures, cranial insertion fixtures, and related methods and robotic systems7 Jul 2026US 12,672,926 B2Globus Medical, Inc.
- Device for fixing a cranial flap to the cranial vault to be positioned in the craniotomy hole24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283648 A1
- Pivot fastener for bone/cranioplasty implants and prosthesis13 Nov 2025US 2025/0345175 A1EncephalX Inc.
- Pivot fastener for bone/cranioplasty implants and prosthesis13 Nov 2025US 2025/0345176 A1EncephalX Inc.
- Cranioplasty prosthesis and components therefor6 Nov 2025US 2025/0339274 A1Socpra Sciences Et Genie S. E. C.
- Skull fixation devices and systems30 Oct 2025US 2025/0331895 A1Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Most cited
By later US patents
- Bone fastener and instrument for insertion thereof467US 5,707,373 AIkonos Corporation · 1998
- Bone fastener and instrument for insertion thereof380US 6,258,091 B1Walter Lorenz Surgical, Inc. · 2001
- Implants, device and method for joining tissue parts285US 7,335,205 B2Woodwelding AG · 2008
- Osteosynthesis implant238US 6,187,009 B1Synthes USA, LLC · 2001
- Method and apparatus for fixation of bone during surgical procedures209US 5,578,036 A1996