A61B 17/8042
The additional component being a cover over the screw head
Official title: {the additional component being a cover over the screw head}
A61B17/8042 (The additional component being a cover over the screw head) appears on 865 US grants and 988 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 865
- Published applications
- 988
- Assignees
- 232
- Inventors
- 1,068
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2023 | 33 | 27 |
| 2024 | 34 | 30 |
| 2025 | 42 | 31 |
| 2026 | 15 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Non-metallic implant devices and intra-operative methods for assembly and fixation1,380US 7,172,593 B2SDGI Holdings, Inc. · 2007
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- Anterior cervical plating system862US 5,364,399 ADanek Medical, Inc. · 1994
- Interbody spinal fusion implants with multi-lock for locking opposed screws763US 6,558,423 B12003
- Bone fixing device, in particular for fixing to the sacrum during osteosynthesis of the backbone719US 6,022,350 AStryker France · 2000