A61B 2017/7073
With intervertebral connecting element crossing an imaginary spinal median surface
Official title: {with intervertebral connecting element crossing an imaginary spinal median surface}
A61B2017/7073 (With intervertebral connecting element crossing an imaginary spinal median surface) appears on 96 US grants and 110 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 96
- Published applications
- 110
- Assignees
- 46
- Inventors
- 130
- Latest grant
- 31 Mar 2026
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| 2007 | 1 | 4 |
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| 2009 | 3 | 5 |
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| 2013 | 4 | 2 |
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| 2015 | 6 | 3 |
| 2016 | 4 | 9 |
| 2017 | 6 | 7 |
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| 2019 | 5 | 8 |
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| 2021 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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