A61B 17/744
The longitudinal elements coupled to an intramedullary nail
Official title: {the longitudinal elements coupled to an intramedullary nail}
A61B17/744 (The longitudinal elements coupled to an intramedullary nail) appears on 424 US grants and 517 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 424
- Published applications
- 517
- Assignees
- 172
- Inventors
- 674
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 6 |
| 2002 | 8 | 15 |
| 2003 | 10 | 14 |
| 2004 | 3 | 17 |
| 2005 | 9 | 26 |
| 2006 | 8 | 21 |
| 2007 | 7 | 22 |
| 2008 | 3 | 33 |
| 2009 | 10 | 22 |
| 2010 | 15 | 29 |
| 2011 | 11 | 18 |
| 2012 | 21 | 15 |
| 2013 | 14 | 13 |
| 2014 | 20 | 28 |
| 2015 | 20 | 22 |
| 2016 | 26 | 19 |
| 2017 | 12 | 12 |
| 2018 | 27 | 23 |
| 2019 | 19 | 15 |
| 2020 | 16 | 26 |
| 2021 | 19 | 23 |
| 2022 | 11 | 16 |
| 2023 | 21 | 26 |
| 2024 | 13 | 13 |
| 2025 | 19 | 27 |
| 2026 | 13 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
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- Systems and methods for treating fractured or diseased bone using expandable bodies943US 6,248,110 B1Kyphon Inc. · 2001
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