A61B 2017/044
With a threaded shaft
Official title: {with a threaded shaft, e.g. screws}
A61B2017/044 (With a threaded shaft) appears on 1,700 US grants and 2,294 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,700
- Published applications
- 2,294
- Assignees
- 466
- Inventors
- 2,294
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2020 | 129 | 128 |
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| 2023 | 82 | 107 |
| 2024 | 80 | 97 |
| 2025 | 98 | 82 |
| 2026 | 52 | 67 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Anchor apparatus29 Sep 2026US 12,745,998 B2Spectral-Flush Anchor Systems LLC
- Devices and methods of visualizing and determining depth of penetration in cardiac tissue29 Sep 2026US 12,745,999 B2Ancora Heart, Inc.
- Devices, systems, and methods for repairing soft tissue and attaching soft tissue to bone22 Sep 2026US 12,740,777 B2Conextions, Inc.
- Method for tissue fixation8 Sep 2026US 12,727,871 B2Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC
- Methods and systems for delivering prostheses using rail techniques8 Sep 2026US 12,727,996 B2Transmural Systems LLC
- Suture anchor devices, systems, and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306093 A1NovantX, LLC
- Large push-in suture anchor24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283612 A1Responsive Arthroscopy, Inc.
- Syndesmosis fixation assembly17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272446 A1Globus Medical, Inc.
- Heart valve treatment device and method17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272651 A1The Provost, Fellows, Foundation Scholars and the other members of Board, of the College of the Holy
- Bone anchors and screws10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263062 A1Nanohive Medical LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Systems for securing sutures, grafts and soft tissue to bone and periosteum2,057US 6,200,330 B12001
- Surgical fastening system1,824US 7,066,944 B22006
- Methods and apparatus for a coated anchoring device and/or suture1,702US 6,689,153 B1Orthopaedic Biosystems Ltd., Inc. · 2004
- Electromagnetic treatment of tissues and cells1,626US 7,967,839 B2Rocky Mountain Biosystems, Inc. · 2011
- Methods and apparatus for cardiac valve repair1,620US 6,629,534 B1Evalve, Inc. · 2003