A61B 2017/0412
Having anchoring barbs or pins extending outwardly from suture anchor body
Official title: {having anchoring barbs or pins extending outwardly from suture anchor body}
A61B2017/0412 (Having anchoring barbs or pins extending outwardly from suture anchor body) appears on 1,086 US grants and 1,320 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,086
- Published applications
- 1,320
- Assignees
- 322
- Inventors
- 1,358
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 12 | 0 |
| 1998 | 14 | 0 |
| 1999 | 14 | 0 |
| 2000 | 16 | 0 |
| 2001 | 12 | 17 |
| 2002 | 15 | 26 |
| 2003 | 35 | 32 |
| 2004 | 14 | 46 |
| 2005 | 9 | 39 |
| 2006 | 17 | 61 |
| 2007 | 11 | 53 |
| 2008 | 10 | 42 |
| 2009 | 20 | 38 |
| 2010 | 32 | 57 |
| 2011 | 33 | 65 |
| 2012 | 37 | 62 |
| 2013 | 48 | 52 |
| 2014 | 58 | 78 |
| 2015 | 65 | 64 |
| 2016 | 68 | 78 |
| 2017 | 51 | 75 |
| 2018 | 79 | 63 |
| 2019 | 61 | 74 |
| 2020 | 77 | 62 |
| 2021 | 44 | 41 |
| 2022 | 48 | 58 |
| 2023 | 51 | 49 |
| 2024 | 41 | 38 |
| 2025 | 36 | 24 |
| 2026 | 23 | 26 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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By later US patents
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