A61B 17/7049
Connectors, not bearing on the vertebrae, for linking longitudinal elements together
Official title: {Connectors, not bearing on the vertebrae, for linking longitudinal elements together (A61B17/7055, A61B17/7053, A61B17/7019 take precedence)}
A61B17/7049 (Connectors, not bearing on the vertebrae, for linking longitudinal elements together) appears on 1,344 US grants and 1,507 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,344
- Published applications
- 1,507
- Assignees
- 309
- Inventors
- 1,518
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 29 | 25 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Device for fixing a bony structure to a support member8 Sep 2026US 12,727,921 B2LDR Medical
- Bone anchor receiver upright arms and closures having helically wound threads to apply thrust with controlled splay25 Aug 2026US 12,714,468 B2
- Pars clamp25 Aug 2026US 12,714,471 B2VB Spine US Opco LLC
- Rod to rod connector implant25 Aug 2026US 12,714,474 B2Globus Medical, Inc.
- Spinal connectors and related methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306142 A1DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Percutaneous posterior fixation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306143 A1NuVasive, Inc.
- Rod-to-rod connector assembly for spinal implant1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294487 A1Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
- Systems for attenuation of increased spinal flexion loads post-fusion and associated methods1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294488 A1Highridge Medical, LLC
- System and method for aligning vertebrae in the correction of spinal deformities27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248534 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Spinal alignment apparatus and methods1,583US 6,802,844 B2NuVasive, Inc. · 2004
- Transpedicular screw system and method of use1,035US 5,360,431 ACross Medical Products, Inc. · 1994
- Spinal implant system922US 5,474,555 ACross Medical Products, Inc. · 1995
- Lumbar spine fixation apparatus and method892US 5,306,275 A1994
- Posterior fixation system822US 6,485,491 B1SDGI Holdings, Inc. · 2002