A61B 17/8841
Tools specially adapted to engage a prosthesis
Official title: {Tools specially adapted to engage a prosthesis}
A61B17/8841 (Tools specially adapted to engage a prosthesis) appears on 52 US grants and 72 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 52
- Published applications
- 72
- Assignees
- 37
- Inventors
- 103
- Latest grant
- 28 Apr 2026
Filings by year
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| 2011 | 1 | 4 |
| 2012 | 1 | 7 |
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| 2014 | 2 | 5 |
| 2015 | 6 | 8 |
| 2016 | 8 | 8 |
| 2017 | 3 | 6 |
| 2018 | 6 | 5 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 4 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Intervertebral members and methods of using a bone reinforcing composition for retaining the intervertebral members28 Apr 2026US 12,611,316 B2FutureSpine Inc.
- Calcaneal plate inserter tool2 Dec 2025US 12,484,916 B2Medline Industries, Inc.
- Discrete derivative differential circuit driven system and methods for determining the cure of PMMA intraoperatively after implantation of an orthopedic device1 Jul 2025US 12,343,057 B2Wavetest, LLC
- Hip joint device13 Aug 2024US 12,059,159 B2
- Polyaxial bone fixation element4 Jun 2024US 11,998,246 B2DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Intervertebral members and methods of using a bone reinforcing composition for retaining the intervertebral members13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232460 A1FutureSpine Inc.
- Instruments de chirurgie orthopédique vétérinaire d'installation d'implants osseux expansibles2 Apr 2026US 2026/0090829 A1In Life Vet SA
- Calcaneal Plate Inserter Tool5 Mar 2026US 2026/0060696 A1Medline Industries, Inc.
- Methods and devices for heating implants5 Feb 2026US 2026/0033985 A1
- Intervertebral members and methods of using a bone reinforcing composition for retaining the intervertebral members29 Jan 2026US 2026/0026944 A1FutureSpine Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fenestrated hip screw and method of augmented fixation643US 4,653,489 A1987
- Prosthetic fixation technique290US 4,274,163 AThe Regents of the University of California · 1981
- Adaptable stem for endoprosthesis161US 5,376,123 AAO-Forschungsinstitut Davos · 1994
- Minimally invasive spinal facet compression screw and system for bone joint fusion and fixation95US 8,945,193 B2X-spine Systems, Inc. · 2015
- Method and device for delivering medicine to bone68US 8,062,270 B2Spinal Generations, LLC · 2011