- 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: 6498
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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424
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310
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323
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74
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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. | 3085 |
324 |
| Globus Medical, Inc. | 2614 |
299 |
| Stryker European Operations Holdings, LLC | 909 |
137 |
| K2M, Inc. | 589 |
125 |
| Smith & Nephew, Inc. | 2670 |
109 |
| Wright Medical Technology, Inc. | 622 |
97 |
| Stryker Corporation | 4645 |
96 |
| Medos International SARL | 760 |
95 |
| NuVasive, Inc. | 966 |
83 |
| Arthrex, Inc. | 1334 |
76 |
| Synthes GmbH | 535 |
67 |
| Heraeus Medical GmbH | 279 |
66 |
| DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 575 |
60 |
| Biomet Manufacturing, LLC | 1029 |
59 |
| Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | 1423 |
58 |
| Kyphon SÀRL | 183 |
56 |
| Biedermann Technologies GmbH & Co. KG | 501 |
56 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 264 |
56 |
| Medtronic Europe Sàrl | 173 |
55 |
| Other owners | 4124 |