A61B 17/8802
Equipment for handling bone cement or other fluid fillers
Official title: {Equipment for handling bone cement or other fluid fillers}
A61B17/8802 (Equipment for handling bone cement or other fluid fillers) appears on 2,176 US grants and 2,490 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,176
- Published applications
- 2,490
- Assignees
- 644
- Inventors
- 2,648
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 11 | 0 |
| 1990 | 7 | 0 |
| 1991 | 21 | 0 |
| 1992 | 19 | 0 |
| 1993 | 18 | 0 |
| 1994 | 25 | 0 |
| 1995 | 18 | 0 |
| 1996 | 24 | 0 |
| 1997 | 22 | 0 |
| 1998 | 28 | 0 |
| 1999 | 34 | 0 |
| 2000 | 29 | 0 |
| 2001 | 32 | 7 |
| 2002 | 28 | 44 |
| 2003 | 33 | 47 |
| 2004 | 34 | 62 |
| 2005 | 20 | 58 |
| 2006 | 22 | 74 |
| 2007 | 28 | 104 |
| 2008 | 18 | 127 |
| 2009 | 32 | 100 |
| 2010 | 53 | 120 |
| 2011 | 53 | 111 |
| 2012 | 83 | 138 |
| 2013 | 130 | 145 |
| 2014 | 106 | 167 |
| 2015 | 144 | 119 |
| 2016 | 146 | 166 |
| 2017 | 123 | 153 |
| 2018 | 132 | 120 |
| 2019 | 134 | 124 |
| 2020 | 99 | 113 |
| 2021 | 106 | 90 |
| 2022 | 85 | 64 |
| 2023 | 75 | 63 |
| 2024 | 67 | 76 |
| 2025 | 60 | 54 |
| 2026 | 37 | 44 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 17/8805For introducing fluid filler into bone or extracting it1,771
- A61B 17/8833Osteosynthesis tools specially adapted for handling bone cement or fluid fillers593
- A61B 17/8847For removing cement from a bone cavity89
- A61B 17/8841Tools specially adapted to engage a prosthesis52
- A61B 2017/883Means for indicating hardening of bone cementIndexing code37
- A61B 2017/8844Means for determining the viscosity of bone cementIndexing code28
Recent patents
- Temporary antimicrobial cement spacer, assembly, kit, and method of manufacture6 Oct 2026US 12,751,751 B2DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Device and method for preparing bone cement paste6 Oct 2026US 12,751,752 B2Heraeus Medical GmbH
- System of a bone anchor and an elongate instrument29 Sep 2026US 12,746,048 B2Biedermann Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
- Injectable tissue repair devices and processes for preparation thereof1 Sep 2026US 12,721,733 B2Dsm IP Assets B.V.
- Bone anchor for optimised cement application25 Aug 2026US 12,714,483 B2MIMEO MEDICAL GmbH
- Systems for treating and/or preventing fractures and related devices and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306153 A1Wake Forest University Health Sciences
- Safety arrangements for ultrasonically-vibratable surgical tools1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294497 A1
- Bone Cement System And Related Assemblies And Methods17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272527 A1Stryker Corporation
- Tissue graft delivery devices and uses thereof3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256494 A1LifeNet Health
- Hip joint device and method3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256593 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Endoscopic ultrasonic rotary electro-cauterizing aspirator1,612US 5,176,677 ASonokinetics Group · 1993
- Bone cement delivery apparatus and hand-held fluent material dispensing apparatus1,557US 6,439,439 B1Telios Orthopedic Systems, Inc. · 2002
- Bone cement injector1,545US 5,431,654 AStryker Corporation · 1995
- Vertebroplasty injection device1,246US 7,008,433 B2Depuy Acromed, Inc. · 2006
- Integrated bone cement mixing and dispensing system1,201US 6,033,105 A2000