A61B 90/14
Fixators for body parts
Official title: Fixators for body parts, e.g. skull clamps; Constructional details of fixators, e.g. pins
A61B90/14 (Fixators for body parts) appears on 1,024 US grants and 1,231 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,024
- Published applications
- 1,231
- Assignees
- 515
- Inventors
- 2,009
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 7 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 11 | 0 |
| 1995 | 12 | 0 |
| 1996 | 17 | 0 |
| 1997 | 20 | 0 |
| 1998 | 31 | 0 |
| 1999 | 22 | 0 |
| 2000 | 24 | 0 |
| 2001 | 30 | 8 |
| 2002 | 20 | 30 |
| 2003 | 18 | 20 |
| 2004 | 24 | 32 |
| 2005 | 9 | 40 |
| 2006 | 9 | 33 |
| 2007 | 12 | 32 |
| 2008 | 13 | 56 |
| 2009 | 13 | 49 |
| 2010 | 29 | 67 |
| 2011 | 34 | 31 |
| 2012 | 39 | 34 |
| 2013 | 32 | 40 |
| 2014 | 36 | 48 |
| 2015 | 37 | 61 |
| 2016 | 34 | 59 |
| 2017 | 45 | 55 |
| 2018 | 28 | 49 |
| 2019 | 49 | 71 |
| 2020 | 35 | 84 |
| 2021 | 33 | 69 |
| 2022 | 55 | 73 |
| 2023 | 52 | 57 |
| 2024 | 62 | 64 |
| 2025 | 64 | 43 |
| 2026 | 31 | 26 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Robotic system for performing cataract surgery30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215969 A1Alcon Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for performing stereotactic surgery1,805US 7,313,430 B2Medtronic Navigation, Inc. · 2007
- Method and apparatus for use in endoscopic procedures1,510US 5,375,588 A1994
- Haptic guidance system and method1,367US 8,010,180 B2MAKO Surgical Corp. · 2011
- Device for fixing joint structure1,040US 9,463,040 B2Movasu, Inc. · 2016
- Method for carrying out a medical procedure using a three-dimensional tracking and imaging system968US 6,246,898 B1Sonometrics Corporation · 2001