A61B 17/7058
Plates mounted on top of bone anchor heads or shoulders
Official title: {Plates mounted on top of bone anchor heads or shoulders}
A61B17/7058 (Plates mounted on top of bone anchor heads or shoulders) appears on 168 US grants and 181 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 168
- Published applications
- 181
- Assignees
- 80
- Inventors
- 271
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 1 |
| 2002 | 6 | 6 |
| 2003 | 7 | 9 |
| 2004 | 2 | 6 |
| 2005 | 8 | 11 |
| 2006 | 4 | 5 |
| 2007 | 1 | 5 |
| 2008 | 0 | 7 |
| 2009 | 1 | 8 |
| 2010 | 6 | 5 |
| 2011 | 7 | 4 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3 |
| 2013 | 3 | 2 |
| 2014 | 7 | 8 |
| 2015 | 9 | 9 |
| 2016 | 6 | 5 |
| 2017 | 12 | 14 |
| 2018 | 10 | 12 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8 |
| 2020 | 6 | 12 |
| 2021 | 9 | 9 |
| 2022 | 9 | 12 |
| 2023 | 4 | 3 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9 |
| 2025 | 7 | 5 |
| 2026 | 4 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Multi-lock anterior cervical plating system653US 6,193,721 B12001
- Spinal stabilization implant system451US 5,676,703 A1997
- Method for connecting adjacent vertebral bodies of a human spine with a plating system411US 6,712,818 B12004
- Single-lock anterior cervical plate397US 6,428,542 B12002
- Cross-coupled vertebral stabilizers382US 6,248,106 B12001