A61B 17/7001
Screws or hooks combined with longitudinal elements which do not contact vertebrae
Official title: {Screws or hooks combined with longitudinal elements which do not contact vertebrae (A61B17/7058 takes precedence)}
A61B17/7001 (Screws or hooks combined with longitudinal elements which do not contact vertebrae) appears on 6,180 US grants and 7,504 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 6,180
- Published applications
- 7,504
- Assignees
- 994
- Inventors
- 5,413
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 16 | 0 |
| 1992 | 21 | 0 |
| 1993 | 28 | 0 |
| 1994 | 27 | 0 |
| 1995 | 40 | 0 |
| 1996 | 64 | 0 |
| 1997 | 68 | 0 |
| 1998 | 48 | 0 |
| 1999 | 52 | 0 |
| 2000 | 55 | 0 |
| 2001 | 64 | 17 |
| 2002 | 49 | 78 |
| 2003 | 75 | 98 |
| 2004 | 62 | 138 |
| 2005 | 38 | 226 |
| 2006 | 55 | 296 |
| 2007 | 60 | 315 |
| 2008 | 34 | 412 |
| 2009 | 100 | 306 |
| 2010 | 231 | 397 |
| 2011 | 300 | 303 |
| 2012 | 368 | 326 |
| 2013 | 291 | 309 |
| 2014 | 308 | 371 |
| 2015 | 332 | 341 |
| 2016 | 343 | 384 |
| 2017 | 345 | 340 |
| 2018 | 327 | 364 |
| 2019 | 327 | 370 |
| 2020 | 336 | 384 |
| 2021 | 319 | 350 |
| 2022 | 298 | 318 |
| 2023 | 265 | 320 |
| 2024 | 295 | 265 |
| 2025 | 279 | 260 |
| 2026 | 210 | 216 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 17/7032Screws or hooks with u-shaped head or back through which longitudinal rods3,204
- A61B 17/7035Screws or hooks, wherein a rod-clamping part and a bone-anchoring part can3,146
- A61B 17/7002Longitudinal elements3,100
- A61B 17/7041With single longitudinal rod offset laterally from single row of screws or890
- A61B 17/7044Also having plates, staples or washers bearing on the vertebrae408
- A61B 17/7043With a longitudinal element fixed to one or more transverse elements which344
- A61B 17/7046The screws or hooks being mobile in use relative to the longitudinal94
Recent patents
- Rod for spinal fixation implement and spinal fixation implement provided with same6 Oct 2026US 12,751,741 B2Globeride, Inc.
- Bone anchoring device and tool cooperating with such a bone anchoring device6 Oct 2026US 12,751,742 B2Biedermann Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
- Spinal implant system and method6 Oct 2026US 12,751,743 B2Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
- Closed channel anchor device for bone implantation during surgical procedures6 Oct 2026US 12,751,753 B1Caliber CLA Holdings LLC
- Automated machine learning design of orthopedic implants and methods for using same29 Sep 2026US 12,746,039 B2Spinal Alignment Solutions, 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
- Modular screw assembly8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306141 A1Zavation Medical Products, LLC
- Spinal connectors and related methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306142 A1DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Spinal alignment apparatus and methods1,583US 6,802,844 B2NuVasive, Inc. · 2004
- Shape memory alloy staple1,556US 6,325,805 B1SDGI Holdings, Inc. · 2001
- Intervertebral implant1,192US 6,176,882 B1Biedermann Motech GmbH · 2001
- Implantable spinal assist device1,159US 5,415,661 AUniversity of Miami · 1995
- Shape memory alloy staple1,140US 6,773,437 B2SDGI Holdings, Inc. · 2004