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Stryker Trauma GmbH

95Patents
67Active
95Granted
50Portfolio score

Filing activity: Jun 22, 1998 → Aug 20, 2014 · 37 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6537276B2 Apparatus for bracing vertebrae Human Necessities 330 Expired
US6261287A Apparatus for bracing vertebrae Human Necessities 305 Expired
US6296647A Instrument for the positioning of an implant in the human spine Human Necessities 297 Expired
US7128743B2 Apparatus for bracing vertebrae Human Necessities 256 Expired
USD632791S1 Connector General 135 Expired
US6337142B2 Elongate element for transmitting forces Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 123 Expired
US7422594B2 Drilling tool guide wire alignment device Human Necessities 99 Expired
US7247157B2 Implant for osteosynthesis Human Necessities 83 Expired
US8920422B2 Method for tibial nail insertion Human Necessities 74 Active
US8491593B2 Targeting device for orthopedic implants Human Necessities 69 Active
US6416517B2 Reaming tool for reaming bone canals Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 67 Expired
US6415693B1 Sleeve-shaped device to retain screws while these are turned into an object such as a bone by means of a screw driver Human Necessities 61 Expired
US9204937B2 Software for use with deformity correction Human Necessities 53 Active
US6626912B2 Process for mixing and dispensing a flowable substance Performing Operations; Transporting 51 Expired
US6579294B2 Locking nail for fracture fixation Human Necessities 51 Expired
US7247156B2 Humeral nail Human Necessities 42 Expired
US6423066B1 Neck screw Human Necessities 40 Expired
US8287575B2 Polyaxial locking mechanism Human Necessities 31 Active
US7763022B2 Locking nail for treating fractures of the proximal femur Human Necessities 29 Expired
US8038679B2 Reaming device Human Necessities 28 Active
US6918912B2 Condylus screw Human Necessities 28 Expired
US7077847B2 Targeting device for locking nails Human Necessities 27 Expired
US7686818B2 Locking nail and stereotaxic apparatus therefor Human Necessities 26 Active
US7311710B2 Targeting device for a locking nail Human Necessities 25 Expired
US7591819B2 Bone nail Human Necessities 23 Active

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