A61B 17/707
Devices acting on, or attached to, a transverse process or rib
Official title: {Devices acting on, or attached to, a transverse process or rib; Tools therefor}
A61B17/707 (Devices acting on, or attached to, a transverse process or rib) appears on 242 US grants and 291 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 242
- Published applications
- 291
- Assignees
- 86
- Inventors
- 263
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 2 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 5 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 7 |
| 2007 | 0 | 5 |
| 2008 | 0 | 11 |
| 2009 | 2 | 12 |
| 2010 | 8 | 15 |
| 2011 | 7 | 8 |
| 2012 | 13 | 23 |
| 2013 | 9 | 18 |
| 2014 | 12 | 22 |
| 2015 | 25 | 23 |
| 2016 | 16 | 18 |
| 2017 | 21 | 16 |
| 2018 | 12 | 14 |
| 2019 | 17 | 18 |
| 2020 | 12 | 16 |
| 2021 | 18 | 12 |
| 2022 | 14 | 19 |
| 2023 | 8 | 5 |
| 2024 | 14 | 8 |
| 2025 | 12 | 10 |
| 2026 | 6 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Device for fixing a bony structure to a support member8 Sep 2026US 12,727,921 B2LDR Medical
- Graft scaffold25 Aug 2026US 12,714,476 B2VB Spine US Opco LLC
- External adjustment device18 Aug 2026US 12,708,406 B2NuVasive, Inc.
- Systems for attenuation of increased spinal flexion loads post-fusion and associated methods9 Jun 2026US 12,648,798 B2Highridge Medical, LLC
- Lumbar spondylolysis fracture fixation system31 Mar 2026US 12,588,934 B1
- Systems for attenuation of increased spinal flexion loads post-fusion and associated methods1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294488 A1Highridge Medical, LLC
- External adjustment device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240570 A1NuVasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc.
- Bone hook apparatus28 May 2026US 2026/0144575 A1NuVasive, Inc.
- Spinal implant30 Oct 2025US 2025/0331994 A1Mullin Patents, LLC
- Sublaminar band clamp18 Sep 2025US 2025/0288327 A1Globus Medical, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for treating spinal disorder282US 5,413,576 A1995
- Expandable vertical prosthetic rib279US 5,261,908 A1993
- Resorbable posterior spinal fusion system272US 6,719,795 B1MacroPore Biosurgery, Inc. · 2004
- Sublaminar spinal fixation apparatus238US 6,514,255 B12003
- Implantable distraction device200US 6,918,910 B22005