Patent assignee · FR · COMPANY

Sofamor S.N.C.

31Patents
1Active
31Granted
40Portfolio score

Filing activity: Feb 15, 1994 → Jul 14, 2004 · 1 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6436140B1 Expandable interbody fusion cage and method for insertion Human Necessities 586 Expired
US5591165A Apparatus and method for spinal fixation and correction of spinal deformities Human Necessities 444 Expired
US6099528A Vertebral rod for spinal osteosynthesis instrumentation and osteosynthesis instrumentation, including said rod Human Necessities 348 Expired
US6419706B1 Partial disc prosthesis Human Necessities 348 Expired
US5702395A Spine osteosynthesis instrumentation for an anterior approach Human Necessities 343 Expired
US6652525B1 Anterior implant for the spine Human Necessities 317 Expired
US5752969A Instrument for the surgical treatment of an intervertebral disc by the anterior route Human Necessities 307 Expired
US5702452A Spinal osteosynthesis device with median hook and vertebral anchoring support Human Necessities 298 Expired
US7431735B2 Expandable interbody fusion cage Human Necessities 268 Expired
US5507745A Occipito-cervical osteosynthesis instrumentation Human Necessities 264 Expired
US6083154A Surgical instrumentation and method for retracting and shifting tissues Human Necessities 237 Expired
US5814046A Pedicular screw and posterior spinal instrumentation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 220 Expired
US6475218B2 Spinal implant for an osteosynthesis device Human Necessities 195 Expired
US6102912A Vertebral rod of constant section for spinal osteosynthesis instrumentations Human Necessities 189 Expired
US5601552A Fixing device for a rigid transverse connection device between rods of a spinal osteosynthesis system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 164 Expired
US5743911A Fixing device for a rigid transverse connection device between rods of a spinal osteosynthesis system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 160 Expired
US6755830B2 Connector for a spinal fixation member Human Necessities 123 Expired
US6709434B1 Spinal osteosynthesis device Human Necessities 106 Expired
US5591167A Anterior dorso-lumbar spinal osteosynthesis instrumentation for the correction of kyphosis Human Necessities 94 Expired
US6193719A Threaded clamping plug for interconnecting two implants of a spinal osteosynthesis instrumentation or other implants Human Necessities 94 Expired
US7691131B2 Intervertebral connecting device Human Necessities 79 Active
US5593408A Vertebral instrumentation rod Human Necessities 76 Expired
US5899903A Fixing device for a rigid transverse connection device between rods of a spinal osteosynthesis system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 74 Expired
US5620444A Clamp for stabilizing a cervical spine segment Human Necessities 64 Expired
US5542946A Hook for an occipito-cervical rod or plate of an occipito-cervical osteosynthesis instrumentation Human Necessities 53 Expired

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