- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosis; surgery; identification
- A61B 17/56 - Surgical instruments or methods for treatment of bones or joints; Devices specially adapted therefor
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 17/56
Total number of patents in this class: 4465
10-year publication summary
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385
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372
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376
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373
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373
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367
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266
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164
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222
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23
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2820 |
189 |
| Smith & Nephew, Inc. | 2681 |
139 |
| Globus Medical, Inc. | 2583 |
133 |
| Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. | 3163 |
109 |
| Biomet Manufacturing, LLC | 1032 |
99 |
| Wright Medical Technology, Inc. | 621 |
94 |
| Zimmer, Inc. | 1402 |
76 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 246 |
72 |
| Stryker European Operations Holdings, LLC | 969 |
66 |
| Medos International SARL | 749 |
62 |
| Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | 1408 |
61 |
| Arthrex, Inc. | 1301 |
61 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 462 |
54 |
| K2M, Inc. | 580 |
44 |
| Biedermann Technologies GmbH & Co. KG | 494 |
42 |
| MAKO Surgical Corp. | 658 |
35 |
| Acumed LLC | 227 |
31 |
| Moximed, Inc. | 89 |
31 |
| NuVasive, Inc. | 974 |
31 |
| NuVasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. | 194 |
30 |
| Other owners | 3006 |