A61B 17/7047
Clamps comprising opposed elements which grasp one vertebra between them
Official title: {Clamps comprising opposed elements which grasp one vertebra between them}
A61B17/7047 (Clamps comprising opposed elements which grasp one vertebra between them) appears on 219 US grants and 252 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 219
- Published applications
- 252
- Assignees
- 87
- Inventors
- 333
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 2 | 4 |
| 2003 | 2 | 4 |
| 2004 | 2 | 4 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 10 |
| 2008 | 0 | 43 |
| 2009 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 | 2 | 11 |
| 2011 | 16 | 12 |
| 2012 | 10 | 5 |
| 2013 | 6 | 13 |
| 2014 | 8 | 8 |
| 2015 | 15 | 15 |
| 2016 | 7 | 10 |
| 2017 | 14 | 17 |
| 2018 | 12 | 10 |
| 2019 | 10 | 7 |
| 2020 | 10 | 13 |
| 2021 | 9 | 16 |
| 2022 | 8 | 13 |
| 2023 | 13 | 8 |
| 2024 | 9 | 9 |
| 2025 | 13 | 7 |
| 2026 | 7 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Supplemental spine fixation device480US 7,201,751 B2St. Francis Medical Technologies, Inc. · 2007
- Vertebral clamp449US 4,611,582 AWisconsin Alumni Research Foundation · 1986
- Implantable osteosynthesis device441US 5,928,231 A1999
- Multidirectional adaptable vertebral osteosyntsis device with reduced space requirement431US 6,267,765 B12001
- Spinal fixation systems with bifurcated connectors346US 5,437,669 AAMEI Technologies Inc. · 1995