A61B 17/7044
Also having plates, staples or washers bearing on the vertebrae
Official title: {also having plates, staples or washers bearing on the vertebrae}
A61B17/7044 (Also having plates, staples or washers bearing on the vertebrae) appears on 408 US grants and 447 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 408
- Published applications
- 447
- Assignees
- 144
- Inventors
- 645
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 10 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 11 | 3 |
| 2002 | 5 | 11 |
| 2003 | 16 | 11 |
| 2004 | 6 | 11 |
| 2005 | 3 | 23 |
| 2006 | 5 | 19 |
| 2007 | 10 | 14 |
| 2008 | 3 | 42 |
| 2009 | 6 | 14 |
| 2010 | 15 | 23 |
| 2011 | 14 | 14 |
| 2012 | 28 | 15 |
| 2013 | 20 | 20 |
| 2014 | 15 | 19 |
| 2015 | 13 | 12 |
| 2016 | 19 | 22 |
| 2017 | 18 | 18 |
| 2018 | 19 | 10 |
| 2019 | 18 | 27 |
| 2020 | 16 | 29 |
| 2021 | 23 | 13 |
| 2022 | 16 | 29 |
| 2023 | 14 | 11 |
| 2024 | 18 | 17 |
| 2025 | 17 | 17 |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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