A61B 17/861
Specially shaped for gripping driver
Official title: {specially shaped for gripping driver}
A61B17/861 (Specially shaped for gripping driver) appears on 915 US grants and 1,120 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 915
- Published applications
- 1,120
- Assignees
- 352
- Inventors
- 1,467
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2003 | 20 | 27 |
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| 2005 | 14 | 43 |
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| 2009 | 23 | 50 |
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| 2011 | 33 | 58 |
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| 2021 | 57 | 66 |
| 2022 | 49 | 49 |
| 2023 | 41 | 33 |
| 2024 | 46 | 37 |
| 2025 | 37 | 40 |
| 2026 | 26 | 24 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
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- Bone screw18 Aug 2026US 12,708,417 B2DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Anchoring nails and systems11 Aug 2026US 12,702,557 B2NuVasive, Inc.
- Adjustable angle bone fixation assembly8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306150 A1In2Bones USA, LLC
- Devices, Systems and Methods for SI Joint Treatment10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263120 A1Legacy Surgical, LLC
- Screw and driver system and associated methods3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256504 A1
- Percutaneous Inserter System For Bone Fixation Members, And Related Instrumentation, Assemblies, And Methods27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248542 A1
- Orthopedic screw and screw fastening device for orthopedic operations20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240581 A1KinetiQ Systems LLC
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