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THIRD MILLENNIUM ENGINEERING

28Patents
0Active
28Granted
33Portfolio score

Filing activity: Jul 11, 1996 → Jul 26, 2002

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5713904A Selectively expandable sacral fixation screw-sleeve device Human Necessities 563 Expired
US5733286A Rod securing polyaxial locking screw and coupling element assembly Human Necessities 507 Expired
US5989291A Intervertebral spacer device Human Necessities 453 Expired
US5725528A Modular polyaxial locking pedicle screw Human Necessities 429 Expired
US6451021B1 Polyaxial pedicle screw having a rotating locking element Human Necessities 397 Expired
US5752957A Polyaxial mechanism for use with orthopaedic implant devices Human Necessities 385 Expired
US6468310B1 Intervertebral spacer device having a wave washer force restoring element Human Necessities 323 Expired
US6780186B2 Anterior cervical plate having polyaxial locking screws and sliding coupling elements Human Necessities 309 Expired
US6478801B1 Insertion tool for use with tapered trial intervertebral distraction spacers Human Necessities 290 Expired
US6402756B1 Longitudinal plate assembly having an adjustable length Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 290 Expired
US5707372A Multiple node variable length cross-link device Human Necessities 233 Expired
US6689134B2 Longitudinal plate assembly having an adjustable length Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 233 Expired
US5776135A Side mounted polyaxial pedicle screw Human Necessities 231 Expired
US6440142B1 Femoral ring loader Human Necessities 221 Expired
US5925047A Coupled rod, anterior vertebral body screw, and staple assembly Human Necessities 215 Expired
US6436102B1 Method of distracting vertebral bones Human Necessities 199 Expired
US6527806B2 Intervertebral spacer device having a spiral wave washer force restoring element Human Necessities 192 Expired
US5735851A Modular polyaxial locking pedicle screw Human Necessities 187 Expired
US5899904A Compression locking vertebral body screw, staple, and rod assembly Human Necessities 177 Expired
US6428544B1 Insertion tool for use with trial intervertebral distraction spacers Human Necessities 161 Expired
US6471725B1 Porous intervertebral distraction spacers Human Necessities 145 Expired
US5683393A Bidirectional rod-hook locking mechanism Human Necessities 138 Expired
US5947969A Rotatable locking vertebral body screw, staple and rod assembly Human Necessities 122 Expired
US5785711A Polyaxial pedicle screw having a through bar clamp locking mechanism Human Necessities 98 Expired
US5899905A Expansion locking vertebral body screw, staple, and rod assembly Human Necessities 94 Expired

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