A61B 17/705
For linking adjacent ends of longitudinal elements
Official title: {for linking adjacent ends of longitudinal elements}
A61B17/705 (For linking adjacent ends of longitudinal elements) appears on 418 US grants and 566 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 418
- Published applications
- 566
- Assignees
- 116
- Inventors
- 631
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2002 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 19 |
| 2006 | 1 | 15 |
| 2007 | 1 | 20 |
| 2008 | 1 | 34 |
| 2009 | 5 | 23 |
| 2010 | 12 | 30 |
| 2011 | 16 | 25 |
| 2012 | 17 | 24 |
| 2013 | 31 | 32 |
| 2014 | 25 | 28 |
| 2015 | 22 | 23 |
| 2016 | 34 | 27 |
| 2017 | 25 | 34 |
| 2018 | 30 | 37 |
| 2019 | 27 | 24 |
| 2020 | 36 | 36 |
| 2021 | 24 | 32 |
| 2022 | 21 | 19 |
| 2023 | 21 | 28 |
| 2024 | 18 | 12 |
| 2025 | 25 | 25 |
| 2026 | 12 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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