A61B 17/8852
Capable of being assembled or enlarged, or changing shape, inside the bone
Official title: {capable of being assembled or enlarged, or changing shape, inside the bone or disc}
A61B17/8852 (Capable of being assembled or enlarged, or changing shape, inside the bone) appears on 737 US grants and 1,078 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 737
- Published applications
- 1,078
- Assignees
- 230
- Inventors
- 821
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 5 |
| 2002 | 2 | 15 |
| 2003 | 8 | 15 |
| 2004 | 6 | 30 |
| 2005 | 5 | 35 |
| 2006 | 9 | 27 |
| 2007 | 13 | 67 |
| 2008 | 1 | 72 |
| 2009 | 9 | 53 |
| 2010 | 33 | 54 |
| 2011 | 30 | 52 |
| 2012 | 29 | 57 |
| 2013 | 40 | 49 |
| 2014 | 30 | 67 |
| 2015 | 51 | 40 |
| 2016 | 63 | 64 |
| 2017 | 53 | 55 |
| 2018 | 49 | 37 |
| 2019 | 49 | 50 |
| 2020 | 39 | 36 |
| 2021 | 38 | 42 |
| 2022 | 36 | 40 |
| 2023 | 32 | 29 |
| 2024 | 41 | 38 |
| 2025 | 32 | 28 |
| 2026 | 25 | 21 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- 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
- Methods and prostheses for stabilizing bone structures28 Jul 2026US 12,690,973 B2Tenon Medical, Inc.
- Systems, apparatus and methods for stabilizing bone structures28 Jul 2026US 12,690,974 B2Tenon Medical, Inc.
- Multi-function bone structure prostheses21 Jul 2026US 12,685,644 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
- Kyphoplasty System20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240582 A1Lentek S.r.l.
- Implants, surgical tools for expanding implants and for orthopaedic surgery6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224256 A1AM Solutions Holding B.V.
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