A61B 2017/0256
For the spine
Official title: {for the spine}
A61B2017/0256 (For the spine) appears on 2,420 US grants and 2,846 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,420
- Published applications
- 2,846
- Assignees
- 508
- Inventors
- 2,239
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 14 | 0 |
| 1998 | 24 | 0 |
| 1999 | 23 | 0 |
| 2000 | 38 | 0 |
| 2001 | 49 | 18 |
| 2002 | 40 | 62 |
| 2003 | 56 | 90 |
| 2004 | 35 | 130 |
| 2005 | 31 | 127 |
| 2006 | 48 | 154 |
| 2007 | 45 | 172 |
| 2008 | 24 | 167 |
| 2009 | 76 | 118 |
| 2010 | 105 | 124 |
| 2011 | 157 | 124 |
| 2012 | 133 | 104 |
| 2013 | 146 | 102 |
| 2014 | 127 | 134 |
| 2015 | 125 | 101 |
| 2016 | 97 | 109 |
| 2017 | 128 | 149 |
| 2018 | 86 | 115 |
| 2019 | 116 | 120 |
| 2020 | 96 | 116 |
| 2021 | 100 | 115 |
| 2022 | 105 | 116 |
| 2023 | 116 | 77 |
| 2024 | 90 | 78 |
| 2025 | 105 | 76 |
| 2026 | 43 | 48 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Surgical system and method29 Sep 2026US 12,745,996 B2Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for performing spine surgery29 Sep 2026US 12,745,997 B2NuVasive, Inc.
- MIS multi-level compressor / distractor8 Sep 2026US 12,727,925 B2Astura Mgoical, Inc
- Multi-stage dilator and cannula system and method25 Aug 2026US 12,714,514 B2Stryker Corporation
- Tissue retraction system18 Aug 2026US 12,708,356 B2NuVasive, Inc.
- Vertebral retractor8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306088 A1Shukla Medical
- Implants for spinal fixation and or fusion8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306271 A1SI-Bone Inc.
- Systems and methods for prone lateral spine surgery8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306276 A1
- Rachet-based retractor and distractor apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294421 A1Atlas Spine, Inc.
- Lateral retractor system for minimizing muscle damage in spinal surgery1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294422 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical instruments and method useful for endoscopic spinal procedures1,743US 5,599,279 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1997
- Method and instruments for performing a percutaneous lumbar diskectomy1,581US 4,545,374 A1985
- Threaded spinal implant1,511US 5,015,247 A1991
- Apparatus and method of inserting spinal implants1,319US 5,484,437 A1996
- Methods and instrumentation for the surgical correction of human thoracic and lumbar spinal disease from the antero-lateral aspect of the spine1,170US 5,772,661 A1998