A61B 2017/681
Alignment, compression, or distraction mechanisms
Official title: {Alignment, compression, or distraction mechanisms}
A61B2017/681 (Alignment, compression, or distraction mechanisms) appears on 1,125 US grants and 1,486 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,125
- Published applications
- 1,486
- Assignees
- 363
- Inventors
- 1,576
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 4 |
| 2006 | 2 | 17 |
| 2007 | 1 | 8 |
| 2008 | 0 | 9 |
| 2009 | 0 | 8 |
| 2010 | 9 | 12 |
| 2011 | 11 | 21 |
| 2012 | 13 | 35 |
| 2013 | 13 | 42 |
| 2014 | 34 | 64 |
| 2015 | 53 | 88 |
| 2016 | 78 | 120 |
| 2017 | 55 | 96 |
| 2018 | 95 | 90 |
| 2019 | 88 | 109 |
| 2020 | 86 | 103 |
| 2021 | 88 | 114 |
| 2022 | 99 | 127 |
| 2023 | 90 | 116 |
| 2024 | 101 | 112 |
| 2025 | 120 | 93 |
| 2026 | 88 | 94 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Instruments for stabilization of bony structures820US 6,530,929 B1SDGI Holdings, Inc. · 2003
- Methods and apparatuses for vertebral body distraction and fusion employing a coaxial screw gear sleeve mechanism453US 8,303,663 B2SpineX Tec, LLC · 2012
- Instruments and methods for stabilization of bony structures428US 7,188,626 B2Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. · 2007
- Methods and apparatuses for vertebral body distraction and fusion employing a coaxial screw gear sleeve mechanism380US 8,771,360 B2SpineX Tec, LLC · 2014
- Instruments and methods for stabilization of bony structures353US 7,011,660 B2SDGI Holdings, Inc. · 2006