A61F 2/0063
Implantable repair or support meshes
Official title: {Implantable repair or support meshes, e.g. hernia meshes}
A61F2/0063 (Implantable repair or support meshes) appears on 2,228 US grants and 2,867 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 2,228
- Published applications
- 2,867
- Assignees
- 649
- Inventors
- 2,948
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
| 1993 | 12 | 0 |
| 1994 | 20 | 0 |
| 1995 | 16 | 0 |
| 1996 | 13 | 0 |
| 1997 | 13 | 0 |
| 1998 | 29 | 0 |
| 1999 | 23 | 0 |
| 2000 | 30 | 0 |
| 2001 | 35 | 14 |
| 2002 | 31 | 73 |
| 2003 | 50 | 72 |
| 2004 | 32 | 77 |
| 2005 | 18 | 63 |
| 2006 | 36 | 74 |
| 2007 | 24 | 66 |
| 2008 | 16 | 101 |
| 2009 | 21 | 89 |
| 2010 | 50 | 104 |
| 2011 | 68 | 142 |
| 2012 | 61 | 113 |
| 2013 | 90 | 181 |
| 2014 | 121 | 188 |
| 2015 | 131 | 183 |
| 2016 | 158 | 182 |
| 2017 | 136 | 160 |
| 2018 | 150 | 125 |
| 2019 | 163 | 148 |
| 2020 | 126 | 139 |
| 2021 | 110 | 119 |
| 2022 | 89 | 110 |
| 2023 | 92 | 96 |
| 2024 | 104 | 109 |
| 2025 | 76 | 88 |
| 2026 | 44 | 51 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Gender-specific mesh implant with barrier for inguinal hernia repair6 Oct 2026US 12,751,810 B2Hexagon Health, Inc.
- Polymeric patch scaffolds for articular cartilage regeneration6 Oct 2026US 12,752,041 B2University of Southern California
- Tissue engineered vascular grafts29 Sep 2026US 12,746,309 B2Medtronic, Inc.
- Methods and apparatus for delivering staples to a target tissue8 Sep 2026US 12,727,881 B2Rotation Medical, Inc.
- Implantable prosthesis1 Sep 2026US 12,721,714 B2Davol Inc.
- Gender-specific mesh implant with barrier for inguinal hernia repair1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294611 A1Sofradim Production
- Implantable prosthesis24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283773 A1Davol Inc.
- Reinforced medical implant and method of use17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272637 A1Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
- Time-dependent synthetic biological barrier material17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275597 A1Poly-Med, Inc.
- Implantable device, in particular for parietal repair10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263208 A1Cousin Biotech
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and method for applying surgical staples to attach an object to body tissue2,757US 5,497,933 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1996
- Apparatus and method for applying surgical staples to attach an object to body tissue2,528US 5,289,963 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1994
- Surgical staple for attaching an object to body tissue2,124US 5,366,479 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1994
- Apparatus and method for applying surgical staples to attach an object to body tissue2,079US 5,817,109 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1998
- Method for attaching hernia mesh2,060US 6,551,333 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2003