A61B 17/808
Instruments for holding or positioning bone plates, or for adjusting screw-to-plate locking
Official title: {Instruments for holding or positioning bone plates, or for adjusting screw-to-plate locking mechanisms}
A61B17/808 (Instruments for holding or positioning bone plates, or for adjusting screw-to-plate locking) appears on 719 US grants and 931 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 719
- Published applications
- 931
- Assignees
- 256
- Inventors
- 1,253
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical instrument1,079US 9,675,344 B2Z-Medical GmbH & Co.KG · 2017
- Anterior cervical plating system523US 6,533,786 B1SDGI Holdings, Inc. · 2003
- Anterior cervical plate holder/drill guide and method of use505US 5,423,826 ADanek Medical, Inc. · 1995
- Surgical fixation apparatus427US 5,785,713 A1998
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