- 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: 6612
10-year publication summary
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630
|
575
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593
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566
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471
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420
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316
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330
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276
|
30
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| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2780 |
394 |
| Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. | 2931 |
315 |
| Globus Medical, Inc. | 2763 |
305 |
| Smith & Nephew, Inc. | 2655 |
107 |
| Stryker Corporation | 5185 |
105 |
| Wright Medical Technology, Inc. | 655 |
102 |
| Stryker European Operations Holdings, LLC | 732 |
101 |
| Medos International SARL | 796 |
100 |
| Arthrex, Inc. | 1571 |
91 |
| NuVasive, Inc. | 976 |
91 |
| VB Spine US OpCo LLC | 534 |
91 |
| K2M, Inc. | 352 |
81 |
| Heraeus Medical GmbH | 297 |
72 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 302 |
65 |
| Biomet Manufacturing, LLC | 1015 |
60 |
| DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 581 |
59 |
| Kyphon SÀRL | 181 |
56 |
| Synthes GmbH | 482 |
56 |
| Medtronic Europe Sàrl | 177 |
56 |
| Biedermann Technologies GmbH & Co. KG | 520 |
54 |
| Other owners | 4251 |