- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosissurgeryidentification
- A61B 17/88 - Methods or means for implanting or extracting internal fixation devices
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 17/88
Total number of patents in this class: 6531
10-year publication summary
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649
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655
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601
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620
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605
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488
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426
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313
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326
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128
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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 | 2812 |
400 |
| Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. | 3040 |
320 |
| Globus Medical, Inc. | 2644 |
302 |
| Stryker Corporation | 4884 |
123 |
| Stryker European Operations Holdings, LLC | 791 |
110 |
| Smith & Nephew, Inc. | 2687 |
109 |
| Wright Medical Technology, Inc. | 630 |
100 |
| Medos International SARL | 771 |
97 |
| NuVasive, Inc. | 964 |
82 |
| Arthrex, Inc. | 1369 |
79 |
| K2M, Inc. | 352 |
79 |
| Heraeus Medical GmbH | 282 |
68 |
| Synthes GmbH | 526 |
67 |
| DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 581 |
60 |
| Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | 1371 |
59 |
| Biomet Manufacturing, LLC | 1025 |
59 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 276 |
59 |
| Kyphon SÀRL | 183 |
56 |
| Biedermann Technologies GmbH & Co. KG | 505 |
56 |
| Medtronic Europe Sàrl | 173 |
55 |
| Other owners | 4191 |