- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosis; surgery; identification
- A61B 17/74 - Devices for the head of the femur
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 17/74
Total number of patents in this class: 522
10-year publication summary
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49
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63
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42
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55
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46
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42
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47
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29
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31
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5
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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 |
53 |
| Smith & Nephew, Inc. | 2685 |
27 |
| Globus Medical, Inc. | 2463 |
23 |
| Stryker European Holdings III LLC | 672 |
19 |
| DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 650 |
15 |
| Zimmer GmbH | 251 |
14 |
| Biomet Manufacturing, LLC | 1067 |
12 |
| EPIX Orthopaedics, Inc. | 19 |
11 |
| Acumed LLC | 217 |
9 |
| Kirk Promotion Ltd. | 149 |
9 |
| Stryker European Operations Holdings, LLC | 325 |
9 |
| Swemac Innovation AB | 49 |
8 |
| Synthes GmbH | 598 |
8 |
| Stryker European Operations Limited | 724 |
8 |
| Biomet C.V. | 139 |
7 |
| MJP Innovations, Inc. | 7 |
7 |
| Orthofix S.r.l. | 251 |
7 |
| Biedermann Technologies GmbH & Co. KG | 491 |
6 |
| Synthes USA, LLC | 425 |
6 |
| Zimmer, Inc. | 1371 |
6 |
| Other owners | 258 |