- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosis; surgery; identification
- A61B 17/58 - Surgical instruments or methods for treatment of bones or joints; Devices specially adapted therefor for osteosynthesis, e.g. bone plates, screws or the like
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 17/58
Total number of patents in this class: 2293
10-year publication summary
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116
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110
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113
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129
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101
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112
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73
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33
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34
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7
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| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2880 |
160 |
| Smith & Nephew, Inc. | 2685 |
86 |
| Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. | 3184 |
73 |
| Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | 1377 |
64 |
| Biomet Manufacturing, LLC | 1067 |
59 |
| Stryker European Holdings III LLC | 672 |
51 |
| Globus Medical, Inc. | 2463 |
48 |
| DePuy Ireland Unlimited Company | 704 |
36 |
| Zimmer, Inc. | 1371 |
33 |
| DePuy Spine, Inc. | 283 |
32 |
| Synthes USA, LLC | 425 |
29 |
| Biomet C.V. | 139 |
25 |
| Arthrex, Inc. | 1201 |
24 |
| DePuy Products, Inc. | 183 |
24 |
| Wright Medical Technology, Inc. | 629 |
22 |
| K2M, Inc. | 585 |
21 |
| Acumed LLC | 217 |
19 |
| Dfine, Inc. | 125 |
18 |
| NuVasive, Inc. | 1001 |
18 |
| Kyphon SÀRL | 199 |
17 |
| Other owners | 1434 |