A61B 17/8047
Wherein the additional element surrounds the screw head in the plate hole
Official title: {wherein the additional element surrounds the screw head in the plate hole (A61B17/8052 takes precedence)}
A61B17/8047 (Wherein the additional element surrounds the screw head in the plate hole) appears on 731 US grants and 842 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 731
- Published applications
- 842
- Assignees
- 247
- Inventors
- 996
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Polyaxial screw assembly and orthopedic component13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232360 A1Limacorporate S P.A.
- Periprosthetic bone plate systems28 May 2026US 2026/0144580 A1Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
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By later US patents
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- Polyaxial locking plate802US 5,954,722 ADepuy Acromed, Inc. · 1999
- Bone fixing device, in particular for fixing to the sacrum during osteosynthesis of the backbone719US 6,022,350 AStryker France · 2000
- Anterior spinal polyaxial locking screw plate assembly680US 5,520,690 A1996