A61B 17/7019
Longitudinal elements having flexible parts, or parts connected together, such that after
Official title: {Longitudinal elements having flexible parts, or parts connected together, such that after implantation the elements can move relative to each other}
A61B17/7019 (Longitudinal elements having flexible parts, or parts connected together, such that after) appears on 1,158 US grants and 1,617 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,158
- Published applications
- 1,617
- Assignees
- 290
- Inventors
- 1,397
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 3 |
| 2002 | 5 | 13 |
| 2003 | 6 | 13 |
| 2004 | 6 | 17 |
| 2005 | 2 | 65 |
| 2006 | 10 | 92 |
| 2007 | 9 | 102 |
| 2008 | 7 | 153 |
| 2009 | 26 | 94 |
| 2010 | 62 | 121 |
| 2011 | 88 | 82 |
| 2012 | 116 | 81 |
| 2013 | 81 | 75 |
| 2014 | 66 | 64 |
| 2015 | 69 | 60 |
| 2016 | 66 | 61 |
| 2017 | 53 | 54 |
| 2018 | 54 | 57 |
| 2019 | 45 | 57 |
| 2020 | 65 | 63 |
| 2021 | 41 | 51 |
| 2022 | 49 | 58 |
| 2023 | 48 | 58 |
| 2024 | 49 | 49 |
| 2025 | 50 | 35 |
| 2026 | 36 | 39 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 17/7026With a part that is flexible due to its form394
- A61B 17/7031Made wholly or partly of flexible material348
- A61B 17/7022Tethers, i.e. longitudinal elements capable of transmitting tension only265
- A61B 17/702Having a core or insert, and a sleeve, whereby a screw or226
- A61B 17/7023With a pivot joint212
- A61B 17/7025With a sliding joint186
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By later US patents
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- Shape memory alloy staple1,556US 6,325,805 B1SDGI Holdings, Inc. · 2001
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