A61B 17/7082
For driving, i.e. rotating, screws or screw parts specially adapted for spinal
Official title: {for driving, i.e. rotating, screws or screw parts specially adapted for spinal fixation, e.g. for driving polyaxial or tulip-headed screws}
A61B17/7082 (For driving, i.e. rotating, screws or screw parts specially adapted for spinal) appears on 1,018 US grants and 1,249 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,018
- Published applications
- 1,249
- Assignees
- 220
- Inventors
- 1,250
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2003 | 1 | 4 |
| 2004 | 2 | 12 |
| 2005 | 5 | 24 |
| 2006 | 3 | 26 |
| 2007 | 6 | 17 |
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| 2010 | 19 | 25 |
| 2011 | 24 | 33 |
| 2012 | 34 | 38 |
| 2013 | 31 | 40 |
| 2014 | 30 | 60 |
| 2015 | 44 | 62 |
| 2016 | 55 | 61 |
| 2017 | 56 | 78 |
| 2018 | 73 | 87 |
| 2019 | 64 | 86 |
| 2020 | 78 | 100 |
| 2021 | 86 | 96 |
| 2022 | 84 | 98 |
| 2023 | 88 | 82 |
| 2024 | 82 | 54 |
| 2025 | 77 | 63 |
| 2026 | 50 | 56 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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