A61B 17/842
Flexible wires, bands or straps
Official title: {Flexible wires, bands or straps (A61B17/72, A61B17/82, A61B17/86 take precedence)}
A61B17/842 (Flexible wires, bands or straps) appears on 740 US grants and 948 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 740
- Published applications
- 948
- Assignees
- 283
- Inventors
- 1,180
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2023 | 27 | 31 |
| 2024 | 38 | 42 |
| 2025 | 40 | 28 |
| 2026 | 20 | 22 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Flexible inter-vertebral stabilizer as well as process and apparatus for determining or verifying its tension before installation on the spinal column1,124US 5,092,866 A1992
- Access and tissue modification systems and methods1,072US 8,568,416 B2Baxano Surgical, Inc. · 2013
- Surgical implants923US 5,725,582 ASurgicraft Limited · 1998
- Soft tissue repair system and method917US 5,500,000 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1996
- Insertion instrument for anchor assembly833US 9,451,938 B2DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. · 2016