A61B 17/746
The longitudinal elements coupled to a plate opposite the femoral head
Official title: {the longitudinal elements coupled to a plate opposite the femoral head}
A61B17/746 (The longitudinal elements coupled to a plate opposite the femoral head) appears on 305 US grants and 300 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 305
- Published applications
- 300
- Assignees
- 130
- Inventors
- 496
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
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| 2024 | 5 | 6 |
| 2025 | 4 | 10 |
| 2026 | 4 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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By later US patents
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