A61B 17/8822
Characterised by means facilitating expulsion of fluid from the introducer
Official title: {characterised by means facilitating expulsion of fluid from the introducer, e.g. a screw pump plunger, hydraulic force transmissions, application of vibrations or a vacuum}
A61B17/8822 (Characterised by means facilitating expulsion of fluid from the introducer) appears on 572 US grants and 685 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 572
- Published applications
- 685
- Assignees
- 199
- Inventors
- 781
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2005 | 4 | 19 |
| 2006 | 7 | 20 |
| 2007 | 9 | 32 |
| 2008 | 5 | 37 |
| 2009 | 7 | 29 |
| 2010 | 15 | 32 |
| 2011 | 17 | 28 |
| 2012 | 15 | 27 |
| 2013 | 38 | 45 |
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| 2018 | 29 | 34 |
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| 2020 | 28 | 36 |
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| 2022 | 26 | 17 |
| 2023 | 21 | 16 |
| 2024 | 17 | 14 |
| 2025 | 16 | 22 |
| 2026 | 8 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Tissue graft delivery devices and uses thereof3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256494 A1LifeNet Health
- Bone graft delivery system, components and method of use of same27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248622 A1Arthrex, Inc.
- Injection instrument and biomaterial20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241103 A1The University of Osaka
- Medical balloon pressurizer and medical balloon pressurizer kit6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224260 A1Spine Chronicle Japan Co., Ltd.
- Instruments for human orthopaedic surgery for installing expandable bone implants16 Apr 2026US 2026/0102192 A1Lock-In VCF SA
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Bone graft delivery device and method of use1,109US 7,014,640 B2DePuy Products, Inc. · 2006