A61B 5/4504
Bones
Official title: {Bones (A61B5/4547 takes precedence)}
A61B5/4504 (Bones) appears on 939 US grants and 1,243 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 939
- Published applications
- 1,243
- Assignees
- 519
- Inventors
- 2,045
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 11 | 4 |
| 2002 | 4 | 19 |
| 2003 | 13 | 18 |
| 2004 | 8 | 21 |
| 2005 | 8 | 39 |
| 2006 | 12 | 41 |
| 2007 | 14 | 37 |
| 2008 | 11 | 55 |
| 2009 | 22 | 59 |
| 2010 | 24 | 94 |
| 2011 | 45 | 72 |
| 2012 | 36 | 54 |
| 2013 | 59 | 61 |
| 2014 | 55 | 63 |
| 2015 | 55 | 49 |
| 2016 | 49 | 54 |
| 2017 | 48 | 49 |
| 2018 | 39 | 76 |
| 2019 | 60 | 70 |
| 2020 | 48 | 54 |
| 2021 | 45 | 50 |
| 2022 | 48 | 76 |
| 2023 | 42 | 51 |
| 2024 | 39 | 25 |
| 2025 | 44 | 27 |
| 2026 | 22 | 25 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Connected implant with reflector29 Sep 2026US 12,745,920 B2NuVasive, Inc.
- Wearable device to monitor musculoskeletal loading, estimate tissue microdamage and provide injury risk biofeedback15 Sep 2026US 12,733,839 B2Vanderbilt University
- Systems, devices and methods for imaging cortical and trabecular bone1 Sep 2026US 12,724,097 B2The Regents of the University of California
- Patient specific bone preparation for consistent effective fixation feature engagement11 Aug 2026US 12,702,560 B2Stryker Corporation
- Conformable thin film-based strain sensing with flexible substrate11 Aug 2026US 12,704,421 B2The Regents of the University of Michigan
- Autonomous orthopedics8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306155 A1
- Surgical system with checkpoint planning and navigation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306176 A1MAKO Surgical Corp.
- Hard tissue therapeutics1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295004 A1
- Non-invasive detection of fracture and/or fatigue of a bone13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232260 A1The Johns Hopkins University
- Method, system and uses for determining abdominal aortic calcification6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224115 A1Edith Cowan University
Most cited
By later US patents
- Miniature implanted orthopedic sensors845US 6,447,448 B1Ball Semiconductor, Inc. · 2002
- Patient selectable joint arthroplasty devices and surgical tools facilitating increased accuracy, speed and simplicity in performing total and partial joint arthroplasty703US 7,618,451 B2ConforMIS, Inc. · 2009
- Surgical instrument703US 9,579,158 B2Ao Technology AG · 2017
- Methods and compositions for articular repair681US 7,468,075 B2ConforMIS, Inc. · 2008
- Surgical operation system and method of securing working space for surgical operation in body632US 5,976,146 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1999