A61B 2017/043
By insertion of a separate spreading member into the anchor
Official title: {by insertion of a separate spreading member into the anchor}
A61B2017/043 (By insertion of a separate spreading member into the anchor) appears on 119 US grants and 157 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 119
- Published applications
- 157
- Assignees
- 42
- Inventors
- 135
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2012 | 5 | 9 |
| 2013 | 5 | 15 |
| 2014 | 2 | 8 |
| 2015 | 9 | 8 |
| 2016 | 14 | 15 |
| 2017 | 8 | 8 |
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| 2019 | 9 | 10 |
| 2020 | 8 | 5 |
| 2021 | 9 | 7 |
| 2022 | 10 | 6 |
| 2023 | 1 | 9 |
| 2024 | 4 | 6 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 |
| 2026 | 4 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method for tissue fixation8 Sep 2026US 12,727,871 B2Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC
- Implantable electromagnetic field generator for orthopedic therapy21 Apr 2026US 12,605,249 B2Pulsar Medtech Ltd.
- Internal fibula sling27 Jan 2026US 12,533,118 B2Globus Medical, Inc.
- System and method for securing tissue to bone27 Jan 2026US 12,533,226 B2Conmed Corporation
- Repair device for deploying anchors into tissue18 Nov 2025US 12,471,905 B2Biomet Manufacturing, LLC
- Suture anchor assembly25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174424 A1
- Fixation devices, instruments, systems and methods of use11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157845 A1Arthrotak, LLC
- Internal fibula sling9 Apr 2026US 2026/0096815 A1Globus Medical, Inc.
- Securing graft tissue in a bone tunnel and implementations thereof20 Nov 2025US 2025/0352197 A1Conmed Corporation
- Suture anchor30 Oct 2025US 2025/0331839 A1Parcus Medical, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical anchor489US 5,849,004 A1998
- Knotless bioabsorbable suture anchor system and method437US 6,641,596 B1Ethicon, Inc. · 2003
- Stabilizer for human joints342US 5,782,865 A1998
- Method and apparatus for coupling soft tissue to a bone330US 8,088,130 B2Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC · 2012
- System and method for percutaneous glossoplasty299US 7,992,567 B2Koninklijke Philips Electronics N. V. · 2011