A61B 17/8886
Holding the screw head
Official title: {holding the screw head}
A61B17/8886 (Holding the screw head) appears on 705 US grants and 828 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 705
- Published applications
- 828
- Assignees
- 277
- Inventors
- 1,161
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 43 | 33 |
| 2025 | 41 | 31 |
| 2026 | 18 | 28 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Interfixated vertebral body replacement and insertion methods6 Oct 2026US 12,751,837 B2NuVasive, Inc.
- Telescopic nail and associated perforating tool15 Sep 2026US 12,733,962 B2Orthofix S.r. L.
- Set screw retaining driver1 Sep 2026US 12,721,664 B2Stryker Corporation
- Multiple set screw insertion instrument and methods18 Aug 2026US 12,708,411 B2Medos International Srl
- Retaining driver system4 Aug 2026US 12,697,157 B2Nexus Spine, LLC
- Silicate Fiber Polymer Composite8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307297 A1Tundra Composites, LLC
- Method and apparatus for an orthopedic fixation system24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283664 A1DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Instrument for inserting an interspinous process implant17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272517 A1Spinal Simplicity, LLC
- Screw and driver system and associated methods3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256504 A1
- Orthopedic screw and screw fastening device for orthopedic operations20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240581 A1KinetiQ Systems LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Expandable intervertebral cage and surgical method1,454US 5,665,122 A1997
- Apparatus and method of inserting spinal implants1,319US 5,484,437 A1996
- Rotatable lead introducer1,230US 7,930,040 B1Greatbatch Ltd. · 2011
- Interbody spinal fusion implants933US 5,593,409 ASofamor Danek Group, Inc. · 1997
- Apparatus for inserting spinal implants890US 5,797,909 A1998