A61B 17/8625
Shanks, i.e. parts contacting bone tissue
Official title: {Shanks, i.e. parts contacting bone tissue}
A61B17/8625 (Shanks, i.e. parts contacting bone tissue) appears on 2,260 US grants and 2,888 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,260
- Published applications
- 2,888
- Assignees
- 753
- Inventors
- 3,108
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 10 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 9 | 0 |
| 1997 | 15 | 0 |
| 1998 | 15 | 0 |
| 1999 | 29 | 0 |
| 2000 | 19 | 0 |
| 2001 | 14 | 15 |
| 2002 | 25 | 38 |
| 2003 | 48 | 40 |
| 2004 | 26 | 80 |
| 2005 | 27 | 65 |
| 2006 | 20 | 71 |
| 2007 | 17 | 50 |
| 2008 | 10 | 84 |
| 2009 | 26 | 80 |
| 2010 | 55 | 105 |
| 2011 | 46 | 111 |
| 2012 | 66 | 120 |
| 2013 | 101 | 142 |
| 2014 | 108 | 164 |
| 2015 | 118 | 136 |
| 2016 | 111 | 135 |
| 2017 | 124 | 150 |
| 2018 | 138 | 142 |
| 2019 | 136 | 160 |
| 2020 | 148 | 186 |
| 2021 | 134 | 154 |
| 2022 | 153 | 158 |
| 2023 | 120 | 129 |
| 2024 | 154 | 127 |
| 2025 | 120 | 145 |
| 2026 | 76 | 101 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Bone screw with reduced flank portion6 Oct 2026US 12,751,750 B2Acumed LLC
- Implant system and method for joint fusion8 Sep 2026US 12,727,924 B2Orthofix US LLC
- Stabilizing bones using screws and rods1 Sep 2026US 12,721,659 B2Globus Medical, Inc.
- Locking system for femoral neck fracture fixation1 Sep 2026US 12,721,663 B2Stryker European Operations Limited
- Multi-device health parameter monitoring systems, methods, and devices25 Aug 2026US 12,714,368 B2GS-HealthMatrix, LLC
- Adjustable angle bone fixation assembly8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306150 A1In2Bones USA, LLC
- Differential Compression Bone Screw8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306154 A1In2Bones USA, LLC
- Systems and methods for providing bone movement1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294479 A1DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Hybrid headless bone screw1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294496 A1Stabiliz Orthopaedics, LLC
- Bottom loading poly-axial screw24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283650 A1Life Spine, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Locking plate and bone screw986US 5,601,553 ASynthes USA, LLC · 1997
- Image-guided minimal-step placement of screw into bone859US 8,366,719 B2Integrated Spinal Concepts, Inc. · 2013
- System and method for joint resurface repair805US 6,520,964 B2STD Manufacturing Ltd. · 2003
- Polyaxial locking plate802US 5,954,722 ADepuy Acromed, Inc. · 1999
- Fixation devices775US 5,968,047 A1999