Stryker Corporation
2,237Patents
1,893Active
2,237Granted
68Portfolio score
Filing activity: Aug 26, 1974 → Jan 15, 2025 · 206 expiring within 5 years
Most-cited patents
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5743456A | Hand actuable surgical handpiece | Human Necessities | 2,350 | Expired |
| US6017354A | Integrated system for powered surgical tools | Human Necessities | 2,114 | Expired |
| US5207697A | Battery powered surgical handpiece | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 2,003 | Expired |
| US6752816B2 | Powered surgical handpiece with removable control switch | Human Necessities | 1,869 | Expired |
| US5747953A | Cordless, battery operated surical tool | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1,590 | Expired |
| US7638958B2 | Powered surgical tool with control module that contains a sensor for remotely monitoring the tool power generating unit | Performing Operations; Transporting | 1,585 | Active |
| US5268622A | DC powered surgical handpiece having a motor control circuit | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1,577 | Expired |
| US8784415B2 | Powered surgical tool with an isolation circuit connected between the tool power terminals and the memory internal to the tool | Human Necessities | 1,541 | Active |
| US5431654A | Bone cement injector | Human Necessities | 1,520 | Expired |
| US6522101B2 | Rechargeable battery with memory that contains charging sequence data | Electricity | 1,506 | Expired |
| US6331761A | Battery charger capable of evaluating battery charge state based on the charging history of the battery | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1,506 | Expired |
| US8035487B2 | Method for assembling, identifying and controlling a powered surgical tool assembly assembled from multiple components | Human Necessities | 1,388 | Active |
| US6018227A | Battery charger especially useful with sterilizable, rechargeable battery packs | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1,382 | Expired |
| US5977746A | Rechargeable battery pack and method for manufacturing same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1,297 | Expired |
| US4655754A | Vacuum wound drainage system and lipids baffle therefor | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1,273 | Expired |
| US6090123A | Powered surgical handpiece with state marker for indicating the run/load state of the handpiece coupling assembly | Human Necessities | 1,218 | Expired |
| US8657482B2 | Method of mixing bone cement with a power tool including monitoring the mixing of the cement based on data regarding characteristics of components forming the cement and the current drawn by the power tool | Performing Operations; Transporting | 1,217 | Active |
| US4826494A | Vacuum wound drainage system | Human Necessities | 1,149 | Expired |
| US9707043B2 | Surgical instrument including housing, a cutting accessory that extends from the housing and actuators that establish the position of the cutting accessory relative to the housing | Human Necessities | 1,133 | Active |
| US6113618A | Surgical saw with spring-loaded, low-noise cutting blade | Performing Operations; Transporting | 1,107 | Expired |
| US5543695A | Medical instrument with programmable torque control | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1,101 | Expired |
| US5187422A | Charger for batteries of different type | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1,080 | Expired |
| US9707026B2 | Surgical tool system including a navigation unit that receives information about implant the system is to implant and that responds to the received information | Human Necessities | 1,017 | Active |
| US9504521B2 | Surgical tool arrangement | Human Necessities | 1,016 | Active |
| US9559624B2 | Control module for a motorized surgical tool, the module including a trigger sensor, a motor rotor sensor and a control circuit that are sealed from the ambient environment | Performing Operations; Transporting | 994 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.