Inventor · Kansas City, KS, US

James L. Surber

119Patents
27h-index
3Co-inventors
79Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 5, 2010 → Nov 3, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8556938B2 Polyaxial bone anchor with non-pivotable retainer and pop-on shank, some with friction fit Human Necessities 120 Active
US8444681B2 Polyaxial bone anchor with pop-on shank, friction fit retainer and winged insert Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 117 Active
US9168069B2 Polyaxial bone anchor with pop-on shank and winged insert with lower skirt for engaging a friction fit retainer Human Necessities 109 Active
US9480517B2 Polyaxial bone anchor with pop-on shank, shank, friction fit retainer, winged insert and low profile edge lock Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 90 Active
US9393047B2 Polyaxial bone anchor with pop-on shank and friction fit retainer with low profile edge lock Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 68 Active
US8998959B2 Polyaxial bone anchors with pop-on shank, fully constrained friction fit retainer and lock and release insert Human Necessities 64 Active
US9504496B2 Polyaxial bone anchor with pop-on shank, friction fit retainer and winged insert Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 62 Active
US9717534B2 Polyaxial bone anchor with pop-on shank and friction fit retainer with low profile edge lock Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 61 Active
US10363070B2 Pivotal bone anchor assemblies with pressure inserts and snap on articulating retainers Human Necessities 61 Active
US9980753B2 pivotal anchor with snap-in-place insert having rotation blocking extensions Human Necessities 58 Active
US9907574B2 Polyaxial bone anchors with pop-on shank, friction fit fully restrained retainer, insert and tool receiving features Human Necessities 57 Active
US9918745B2 Polyaxial bone anchor with pop-on shank and winged insert with friction fit compressive collet Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 56 Active
US9883892B2 Polyaxial bone anchor with pop-on shank, friction fit retainer, winged insert and low profile edge lock Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 46 Active
US8911479B2 Multi-start closures for open implants Human Necessities 46 Active
US8852239B2 Sagittal angle screw with integral shank and receiver Human Necessities 42 Active
US9522021B2 Polyaxial bone anchor with retainer with notch for mono-axial motion Human Necessities 41 Active
US9636146B2 Multi-start closures for open implants Human Necessities 37 Active
US10058354B2 Pivotal bone anchor assembly with frictional shank head seating surfaces Human Necessities 36 Active
US10172649B2 Bottom-loaded pivotal bone anchor assembly with non-pivoting retainer and deployable insert Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Active
US9717533B2 Bone anchor closure pivot-splay control flange form guide and advancement structure Human Necessities 32 Active
US10188432B2 Snap-on multi-planar and mono-planar receiver assemblies having integral and multi-part multipurpose positioners for pivoting and non-pivoting retainers Human Necessities 32 Active
US8926672B2 Splay control closure for open bone anchor Human Necessities 31 Active
US10179010B2 Pivotal bone anchor with bottom-loaded shank and tool-deployable interference fit rod-engaging insert Human Necessities 31 Active
US9451993B2 Bi-radial pop-on cervical bone anchor Human Necessities 30 Active
US10194951B2 Polyaxial bone anchor with compound articulation and pop-on shank Human Necessities 29 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.