A61B 17/92
Impactors or extractors
Official title: Impactors or extractors, e.g. for removing intramedullary devices {(insertion or extraction of artificial joints A61F2/4603)}
A61B17/92 (Impactors or extractors) appears on 1,110 US grants and 1,252 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,110
- Published applications
- 1,252
- Assignees
- 409
- Inventors
- 1,807
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 9 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 11 | 0 |
| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 15 | 0 |
| 1999 | 10 | 0 |
| 2000 | 15 | 0 |
| 2001 | 22 | 5 |
| 2002 | 9 | 28 |
| 2003 | 15 | 18 |
| 2004 | 15 | 28 |
| 2005 | 7 | 42 |
| 2006 | 16 | 38 |
| 2007 | 12 | 25 |
| 2008 | 9 | 39 |
| 2009 | 18 | 42 |
| 2010 | 31 | 30 |
| 2011 | 34 | 42 |
| 2012 | 31 | 36 |
| 2013 | 46 | 53 |
| 2014 | 43 | 54 |
| 2015 | 48 | 50 |
| 2016 | 49 | 49 |
| 2017 | 43 | 37 |
| 2018 | 46 | 70 |
| 2019 | 57 | 56 |
| 2020 | 51 | 51 |
| 2021 | 57 | 95 |
| 2022 | 61 | 97 |
| 2023 | 55 | 69 |
| 2024 | 84 | 70 |
| 2025 | 73 | 79 |
| 2026 | 50 | 49 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Controlling impact direction of surgical impacting tools6 Oct 2026US 12,751,754 B2DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Impactor6 Oct 2026US 12,751,755 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Telescopic nail and associated perforating tool15 Sep 2026US 12,733,962 B2Orthofix S.r. L.
- Impactor15 Sep 2026US 12,733,967 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Holder for medical tools15 Sep 2026US 12,734,014 B2Curexo, Inc.
- Orthopedic impacting device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306156 A1Medacta International SA
- Systems, apparatuses, and methods for correcting a bone defect1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294639 A1Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
- Managing patients of knee surgeries1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301890 A1Kico Knee Innovation Company Pty. Ltd.
- Extraction device for intramedullary nails24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283671 A1Biomet Manufacturing, LLC
- Implant site preparation system and method thereof10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263086 A1Meril Healthcare Pvt Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of securing a graft using a graft fixation device1,787US 6,436,110 B1Ethicon, Inc. · 2002
- Surgical staple, a method of and forceps for its removal1,750US 4,434,796 AVsesojuzny Nauchno-Issledovatelsky I Ispytatelny Institut Meditsinskoi Tekhniki · 1984
- Graft fixation device combination1,687US 6,402,766 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2002
- Anterior buttress staple1,560US 7,341,591 B2DePuy Spine, Inc. · 2008
- Sternal closure system, method and apparatus therefor1,540US 7,651,498 B22010