A61B 17/7031
Made wholly or partly of flexible material
Official title: {made wholly or partly of flexible material}
A61B17/7031 (Made wholly or partly of flexible material) appears on 348 US grants and 537 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 348
- Published applications
- 537
- Assignees
- 118
- Inventors
- 552
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 12 |
| 2006 | 3 | 25 |
| 2007 | 1 | 42 |
| 2008 | 1 | 58 |
| 2009 | 4 | 45 |
| 2010 | 21 | 44 |
| 2011 | 42 | 34 |
| 2012 | 44 | 36 |
| 2013 | 33 | 28 |
| 2014 | 20 | 21 |
| 2015 | 26 | 22 |
| 2016 | 20 | 23 |
| 2017 | 15 | 9 |
| 2018 | 11 | 11 |
| 2019 | 9 | 18 |
| 2020 | 20 | 19 |
| 2021 | 8 | 9 |
| 2022 | 13 | 16 |
| 2023 | 9 | 15 |
| 2024 | 14 | 15 |
| 2025 | 11 | 13 |
| 2026 | 9 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Temporarily flexible implantable rod placement and fabrication8 Sep 2026US 12,727,922 B2Wonderhealth, LLC
- Pivotal bone anchor assembly with receiver pre-formed axial rotation stops1 Sep 2026US 12,721,658 B2
- Rod for spinal fixture, and spinal fixture comprising same11 Aug 2026US 12,702,447 B2Globeride, Inc.
- Method of assembling a pivotal bone anchor assembly having a receiver and twist-in-place insert28 Jul 2026US 12,690,895 B2
- Systems for attenuation of increased spinal flexion loads post-fusion and associated methods9 Jun 2026US 12,648,798 B2Highridge Medical, LLC
- Method of assembling a pivotal bone anchor assembly with non-pivoting pre-lock friction fit shank head retainer1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294484 A1
- Systems for attenuation of increased spinal flexion loads post-fusion and associated methods1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294488 A1Highridge Medical, LLC
- Method of assembling a cannulated polyaxial screw having a shank head with a flat top spaced apart from a compression insert17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272514 A1
- Spinal rod and systems thereof10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263116 A1
- Pivotal bone anchor assembly with unlocked forced downwardly insert tool deployment6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224249 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Implantable spinal assist device1,159US 5,415,661 AUniversity of Miami · 1995
- Intervertebral stabilization device incorporating dampers823US 5,540,688 ASociete PSI · 1996
- Application of an improved damper to an intervertebral stabilization device769US 5,375,823 ASociete PSI · 1994
- Method for a flexible stabilization system for a vertebral column661US 4,743,260 A1988
- Flexible stabilization system for a vertebral column612US 5,282,863 A1994