A61B 17/8866
For gripping or pushing bones
Official title: {for gripping or pushing bones, e.g. approximators (joint distractors A61B17/025)}
A61B17/8866 (For gripping or pushing bones) appears on 652 US grants and 852 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 652
- Published applications
- 852
- Assignees
- 257
- Inventors
- 1,285
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 4 |
| 2002 | 5 | 10 |
| 2003 | 6 | 7 |
| 2004 | 6 | 18 |
| 2005 | 4 | 15 |
| 2006 | 7 | 16 |
| 2007 | 6 | 21 |
| 2008 | 3 | 19 |
| 2009 | 9 | 19 |
| 2010 | 13 | 20 |
| 2011 | 18 | 22 |
| 2012 | 23 | 27 |
| 2013 | 18 | 26 |
| 2014 | 22 | 27 |
| 2015 | 28 | 29 |
| 2016 | 18 | 31 |
| 2017 | 28 | 53 |
| 2018 | 28 | 28 |
| 2019 | 39 | 41 |
| 2020 | 36 | 47 |
| 2021 | 45 | 53 |
| 2022 | 50 | 70 |
| 2023 | 42 | 69 |
| 2024 | 44 | 63 |
| 2025 | 78 | 74 |
| 2026 | 37 | 43 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Offset guiding device and method of use thereof20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240553 A1T.A.G. Medical Devices - Agriculture Cooperative Ltd.
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