A61B 17/8869
Tensioning devices
Official title: {Tensioning devices}
A61B17/8869 (Tensioning devices) appears on 545 US grants and 621 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 545
- Published applications
- 621
- Assignees
- 198
- Inventors
- 821
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 27 | 24 |
| 2025 | 24 | 27 |
| 2026 | 19 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Closed channel anchor device for bone implantation during surgical procedures6 Oct 2026US 12,751,753 B1Caliber CLA Holdings LLC
- Anchor apparatus29 Sep 2026US 12,745,998 B2Spectral-Flush Anchor Systems LLC
- Apparatus for stablization of a bone fracture site29 Sep 2026US 12,746,047 B2
- Surgical cord tensioning devices, systems, and methods15 Sep 2026US 12,733,961 B2Highridge Medical, LLC
- Spinal curvature modulation systems and methods25 Aug 2026US 12,714,470 B2Auctus Surgical, Inc.
- Systems for attenuation of increased spinal flexion loads post-fusion and associated methods1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294488 A1Highridge Medical, LLC
- System and method for weight bearing simulation during foot surgery10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263129 A1Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
- System and method for aligning vertebrae in the correction of spinal deformities27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248534 A1
- Surgical cord tensioning devices, systems, and methods20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240573 A1Highridge Medical, LLC
- Periprosthetic hook plate20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240579 A1Globus Medical, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical implants923US 5,725,582 ASurgicraft Limited · 1998
- Tissue anchoring system and method698US 6,068,648 AOrthodyne, Inc. · 2000
- Apparatus for guiding and positioning an implant530US 9,463,012 B2P Tech, LLC · 2016
- Surgical cable tensioner513US 5,312,410 ADanek Medical, Inc. · 1994
- Surgical cable system and method482US 5,964,769 ASpinal Concepts, Inc. · 1999