A61B 2017/042
Plastically deformed during insertion
Official title: {plastically deformed during insertion}
A61B2017/042 (Plastically deformed during insertion) appears on 518 US grants and 580 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 518
- Published applications
- 580
- Assignees
- 158
- Inventors
- 657
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 9 | 10 |
| 2002 | 4 | 6 |
| 2003 | 14 | 9 |
| 2004 | 10 | 18 |
| 2005 | 2 | 11 |
| 2006 | 8 | 16 |
| 2007 | 4 | 13 |
| 2008 | 3 | 26 |
| 2009 | 6 | 17 |
| 2010 | 14 | 20 |
| 2011 | 18 | 17 |
| 2012 | 16 | 31 |
| 2013 | 16 | 32 |
| 2014 | 20 | 37 |
| 2015 | 41 | 35 |
| 2016 | 40 | 42 |
| 2017 | 28 | 41 |
| 2018 | 28 | 23 |
| 2019 | 36 | 34 |
| 2020 | 34 | 28 |
| 2021 | 25 | 20 |
| 2022 | 23 | 20 |
| 2023 | 19 | 21 |
| 2024 | 19 | 22 |
| 2025 | 18 | 19 |
| 2026 | 19 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Devices and methods for occluding or promoting fluid flow6 Oct 2026US 12,751,710 B2Vasorum Ltd.
- Knotless all suture tissue repair22 Sep 2026US 12,740,778 B2ArthroCare Corporation
- Knotless all suture tissue repair22 Sep 2026US 12,740,779 B2ArthroCare Corporation
- Devices and methods for tissue repair1 Sep 2026US 12,721,617 B2Medos International Sarl
- Expanding surgical anchor and method of tissue repair25 Aug 2026US 12,714,412 B2Arthrex, Inc.
- Tissue Engagement Device and Method17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272443 A1NewSouth Innovations Pty Limited
- Suture anchor assembly25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174424 A1
- Fixation devices, instruments, systems and methods of use11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157845 A1Arthrotak, LLC
- Anchors for tissue approximation procedures14 May 2026US 2026/0130661 A1Endo Tools Therapeutics S.A.
- Anchor inserter system30 Apr 2026US 2026/0114861 A1Arthrex, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for attaching connective tissues to bone using a suture anchoring device1,200US 6,660,008 B1Opus Medical, Inc. · 2003
- Ligament bone anchor and method for its use1,096US 5,702,397 AMedicineLodge, Inc. · 1997
- Surgical instrument1,079US 9,675,344 B2Z-Medical GmbH & Co.KG · 2017
- Expandable suture anchor1,041US 5,957,953 ASmith & Nephew, Inc. · 1999
- Method and apparatus for closing a body lumen1,026US 6,231,561 B1Appriva Medical, Inc. · 2001