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KYPHON SARL

186Patents
168Active
186Granted
60Portfolio score

Filing activity: Jan 27, 2000 → Apr 9, 2020 · 127 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7621950B1 Expandable intervertebral spacer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 373 Expired
US7476251B2 Interspinous process apparatus and method with a selectably expandable spacer Human Necessities 249 Active
US7749252B2 Interspinous process implant having deployable wing and method of implantation Human Necessities 242 Active
US7601170B2 Inter-cervical facet implant and method Human Necessities 223 Expired
US7591851B2 Inter-cervical facet implant and method Human Necessities 214 Expired
US7985231B2 Bone fusion device and methods Human Necessities 196 Active
US8926620B2 Apparatus and methods for use of expandable members in surgical applications Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 184 Active
US7452351B2 Spinal diagnostic methods and apparatus Human Necessities 171 Expired
US7473268B2 Mating insertion instruments for spinal implants and methods of use Human Necessities 163 Expired
US7931674B2 Interspinous process implant having deployable wing and method of implantation Human Necessities 142 Active
US7503935B2 Method of laterally inserting an artificial vertebral disk replacement with translating pivot point Human Necessities 135 Expired
US8034071B2 Systems and methods for forming a cavity in cancellous bone Human Necessities 132 Active
US7666209B2 Spine distraction implant and method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 128 Active
US8177812B2 Bone fusion device and methods Human Necessities 126 Active
US8187327B2 Selectively-expandable bone scaffold Human Necessities 121 Active
US7575600B2 Artificial vertebral disk replacement implant with translating articulation contact surface and method Human Necessities 120 Active
US7909827B2 Systems and methods for creating cavities in interior body regions Human Necessities 119 Active
US8057513B2 Percutaneous spinal implants and methods Human Necessities 116 Active
US7621939B2 Supplemental spine fixation device and method Human Necessities 111 Active
US7497859B2 Tools for implanting an artificial vertebral disk Human Necessities 104 Expired
US8105358B2 Medical implants and methods Human Necessities 103 Active
US7524324B2 System and method for an interspinous process implant as a supplement to a spine stabilization implant Human Necessities 103 Expired
US7695513B2 Distractible interspinous process implant and method of implantation Human Necessities 98 Active
US7988709B2 Percutaneous spinal implants and methods Human Necessities 95 Active
US8172877B2 Inter-cervical facet implant with surface enhancements Human Necessities 91 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.