A61B 5/4514
Cartilage
Official title: {Cartilage}
A61B5/4514 (Cartilage) appears on 302 US grants and 415 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 302
- Published applications
- 415
- Assignees
- 159
- Inventors
- 581
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 5 | 13 |
| 2003 | 6 | 12 |
| 2004 | 8 | 25 |
| 2005 | 5 | 25 |
| 2006 | 6 | 20 |
| 2007 | 10 | 22 |
| 2008 | 3 | 18 |
| 2009 | 12 | 24 |
| 2010 | 11 | 35 |
| 2011 | 23 | 38 |
| 2012 | 19 | 23 |
| 2013 | 32 | 29 |
| 2014 | 20 | 17 |
| 2015 | 31 | 15 |
| 2016 | 21 | 12 |
| 2017 | 9 | 13 |
| 2018 | 9 | 13 |
| 2019 | 6 | 13 |
| 2020 | 8 | 8 |
| 2021 | 5 | 10 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3 |
| 2024 | 3 | 10 |
| 2025 | 10 | 4 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Brace having integrated remote patient monitoring technology and method of using same22 Sep 2026US 12,740,724 B2Djo, LLC
- Cartilage degeneration analysis device, device for diagnosing or aiding diagnosis which contains same, method for determining degree of degeneration of cartilage, and method for evaluating drug efficacy of test substance3 Mar 2026US 12,564,354 B2Institute of Science Tokyo
- Systems and methods using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to evaluate pain and degenerative properties of tissue28 Oct 2025US 12,453,487 B2The Regents of the University of California
- System and method for automatically estimating knee cartilage thickness for femoral, tibial, patellar, and meniscal cartilages2 Sep 2025US 12,406,363 B2GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- MR spectroscopy system and method29 Jul 2025US 12,369,813 B2Aclarion, Inc.
- Method for controlling wearable device, and electronic device for performing method18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165599 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Mr spectroscopy system and method26 Feb 2026US 2026/0053386 A1Aclarion, Inc.
- Apparatus and Method of Mechanical Phenotyping of Knees30 Oct 2025US 2025/0331769 A1New York Society for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled, maintaining the Hospital for Special S
- Magnetic resonance spectroscopy system and method for diagnosing pain or infection associated with propionic acid16 Oct 2025US 2025/0318775 A1Aclarion, Inc.
- Method of Treating Osteoarthritis3 Jul 2025US 2025/0213467 A1Orthotrophix, Inc.
Most cited
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- Surgical tools facilitating increased accuracy, speed and simplicity in performing joint arthroplasty572US 7,534,263 B2ConforMIS, Inc. · 2009
- Patient selectable joint arthroplasty devices and surgical tools557US 7,981,158 B2ConforMIS, Inc. · 2011