A61B 17/7097
Stabilisers comprising fluid filler in an implant
Official title: {Stabilisers comprising fluid filler in an implant, e.g. balloon; devices for inserting or filling such implants (disc prostheses made of inflatable chambers or pockets filled with fluid A61F2/441; replacing the nucleus pulposus A61F2002/444)}
A61B17/7097 (Stabilisers comprising fluid filler in an implant) appears on 736 US grants and 980 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 736
- Published applications
- 980
- Assignees
- 251
- Inventors
- 954
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 11 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Intramedullary implant and method of use6 Oct 2026US 12,751,746 B2Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC
- Method and apparatus for treating bone fractures, and/or for fortifying and/ or augmenting bone, including the provision and use of composite implants, and novel composite structures which may be used for medical and non-medical applications8 Sep 2026US 12,728,165 B2206 ORTHO, Inc.
- Bone anchor for optimised cement application25 Aug 2026US 12,714,483 B2MIMEO MEDICAL GmbH
- Bone anchor for the optimized cement application19 May 2026US 12,629,192 B2MIMEO MEDICAL GmbH
- Device and method for applying a pharmaceutical fluid12 May 2026US 12,622,576 B2Heraeus Medical GmbH
- System and method for performing percutaneous spinal interbody fusion23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207344 A1Spineology Inc.
- Devices and methods for separating a catheter from an internal bone fixation implant9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191575 A1IlluminOss Medical, Inc.
- Implant osseux expansible, système orthopédique et procédé de fabrication de l'implant14 May 2026US 2026/0130749 A1In Life Vet SA
- Pedicle-based intradiscal fixation devices and methods7 May 2026US 2026/0124043 A1Globus Medical, Inc.
- Expandable bone implant for veterinary orthopaedic surgery, orthopaedic system and method for manufacturing the implant30 Apr 2026US 2026/0114908 A1In Life Vet SA
Most cited
By later US patents
- Expandable fabric implant for stabilizing the spinal motion segment1,151US 5,549,679 A1996
- Delivery system attachment1,134US 9,333,082 B2Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. · 2016
- Expandable fabric implant for stabilizing the spinal motion segment1,068US 5,571,189 A1996
- Systems and methods for placing materials into bone976US 6,241,734 B1Kyphon Inc. · 2001
- Systems and methods for treating fractured or diseased bone using expandable bodies943US 6,248,110 B1Kyphon Inc. · 2001