A61B 2017/00261
Discectomy
Official title: {Discectomy}
A61B2017/00261 (Discectomy) appears on 1,069 US grants and 1,255 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,069
- Published applications
- 1,255
- Assignees
- 269
- Inventors
- 1,151
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2024 | 29 | 30 |
| 2025 | 26 | 17 |
| 2026 | 13 | 19 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method and apparatus for performing spine surgery29 Sep 2026US 12,745,997 B2NuVasive, Inc.
- Percutaneous discectomy kit and method21 Jul 2026US 12,685,543 B2Spineology Inc.
- End effectors and methods for driving tools guided by surgical robotic systems30 Jun 2026US 12,667,437 B2MAKO Surgical Corp.
- Surgical devices controllable by surgical robotic systems16 Jun 2026US 12,653,567 B2Vista Robotics, Inc.
- Expandable interbody fusion device for use with posterior to lateral approach16 Jun 2026US 12,653,694 B2
- End Effectors And Methods For Driving Tools Guided By Surgical Robotic Systems1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294559 A1MAKO Surgical Corp.
- Intervertebral devices, and associated systems and methods24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283665 A1Bloom Biomedical, Inc.
- Controllably translatable tissue cutting devices3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256490 A1Highridge Medical, LLC
- Tools for spinal surgery27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248621 A1Spinal Surgical Strategies, Inc., a Nevada corporation d/b/a Kleiner Device Labs
- Dilating neuro-monitoring probe13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232345 A1Spineology Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical instruments and method useful for endoscopic spinal procedures1,743US 5,599,279 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1997
- Device for advancing a functional element through tissue1,593US 7,326,203 B2Depuy Acromed, Inc. · 2008
- Method and instruments for performing a percutaneous lumbar diskectomy1,581US 4,545,374 A1985
- Guidewire exchange systems to treat spinal stenosis1,451US 8,257,356 B2Baxano, Inc. · 2012
- Apparatus for minimally invasive tissue removal1,416US 5,403,276 ADanek Medical, Inc. · 1995