A61B 17/885
Tools for expanding or compacting bones or discs or cavities therein
Official title: {Tools for expanding or compacting bones or discs or cavities therein (A61B17/8805, A61B17/7097 take precedence)}
A61B17/885 (Tools for expanding or compacting bones or discs or cavities therein) appears on 909 US grants and 1,269 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 909
- Published applications
- 1,269
- Assignees
- 288
- Inventors
- 1,024
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 10 |
| 2002 | 3 | 18 |
| 2003 | 15 | 20 |
| 2004 | 9 | 37 |
| 2005 | 8 | 36 |
| 2006 | 11 | 29 |
| 2007 | 14 | 69 |
| 2008 | 2 | 74 |
| 2009 | 10 | 61 |
| 2010 | 35 | 59 |
| 2011 | 31 | 59 |
| 2012 | 32 | 66 |
| 2013 | 49 | 60 |
| 2014 | 40 | 86 |
| 2015 | 65 | 52 |
| 2016 | 78 | 74 |
| 2017 | 59 | 65 |
| 2018 | 56 | 47 |
| 2019 | 57 | 68 |
| 2020 | 54 | 48 |
| 2021 | 47 | 51 |
| 2022 | 45 | 47 |
| 2023 | 40 | 33 |
| 2024 | 46 | 46 |
| 2025 | 36 | 30 |
| 2026 | 31 | 24 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Intramedullary implant and method of use6 Oct 2026US 12,751,746 B2Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC
- Transversely displacing structures in the body22 Sep 2026US 12,740,817 B2Lenoss Medical LLC
- System and method for treatment of bone25 Aug 2026US 12,714,576 B2Shankar Rajeswaran M.D. LLC
- Expandable mid-foot osteotomy devices, systems, and methods for treating mid-foot disorders18 Aug 2026US 12,708,518 B2Apex Orthopedics Holdings, LLC
- Methods and prostheses for stabilizing bone structures28 Jul 2026US 12,690,973 B2Tenon Medical, Inc.
- Intervertebral devices, and associated systems and methods24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283665 A1Bloom Biomedical, Inc.
- Methods, systems, and devices for the treatment of stenosis24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283666 A1
- Methods For Augmenting A Vertebra With A Device Including An Expandable Implant And Anchoring Elements For Anchoring The Device Within A Vertebral Pedicle17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272528 A1Stryker Corporation
- System and method for weight bearing simulation during foot surgery10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263129 A1Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
- Kyphoplasty System20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240582 A1Lentek S.r.l.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical protocol for fixation of osteoporotic bone using inflatable device977US 4,969,888 A1990
- Systems and methods for placing materials into bone976US 6,241,734 B1Kyphon Inc. · 2001
- Systems and methods for treating fractured or diseased bone using expandable bodies943US 6,248,110 B1Kyphon Inc. · 2001
- Inflatable device for use in surgical protocols relating to treatment of fractured or diseased bones839US 5,827,289 A1998
- Tissue distraction device740US 6,595,998 B2SpineWave, Inc. · 2003