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SOFAMOR

Overview
  • Total Patents
    186
About

SOFAMOR has a total of 186 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1979. It filed its patents most often in United States, EPO (European Patent Office) and Australia. Its main competitors in its focus markets medical technology, machine tools and machines are MIDDLE PEAK MEDICAL INC, DENDRON GMBH and CHIN KINGSLEY R.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing SOFAMORs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Gournay Jose 21
#2 Saurat Jean 17
#3 Assaker Richard 16
#4 Logroscino Carlo 11
#5 Goube Michel 11
#6 Hopf Christoph 10
#7 D Amore Jean-Francois 10
#8 Marienne Jean-Luc 10
#9 Cotrel Yves 9
#10 Deneuvillers Guy 8

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
WO0147425A1 Pedicle screws with inclined channels to hold support rods
US6193719B1 Threaded clamping plug for interconnecting two implants of a spinal osteosynthesis instrumentation or other implants
AU6229196A Implant for surgically treating a vertebral isthmic fracture
CN1134660A Osteosynthesis instrument
AU3226595A Osteosynthesis instrument
ZA9501738B Anterior dorso-lumbar spinal osteosynthesis instrumentation for the correction of kyphosis
ZA9501737B Occipito-cervical osteosynthesis instrumentation
AU1895595A Connector used in spinal osteosynthesis equipment for lumbar, sacral or iliosacral fixation
WO9521579A1 Anterior dorso-lumbar spinal osteosynthesis instrumentation for the correction of kyphosis
FR2729556A1 Spinal osteosynthesis device with median hook and vertebral anchor support
US5593408A Vertebral instrumentation rod
US5542946A Hook for an occipito-cervical rod or plate of an occipito-cervical osteosynthesis instrumentation
US5601552A Fixing device for a rigid transverse connection device between rods of a spinal osteosynthesis system
US5507745A Occipito-cervical osteosynthesis instrumentation
US5423855A Capped locking clamp for manipulation of surgical implants
AU5667694A Pedicular screw and posterior spinal instrumentation
US5814046A Pedicular screw and posterior spinal instrumentation
US5615965A Device for interconnecting an elongate element and a support for said element
EP0688402A4 Device for interconnecting an elongate element and a support for said element
US5702395A Spine osteosynthesis instrumentation for an anterior approach