A61F 2/02
Prostheses implantable into the body
A61F2/02 (Prostheses implantable into the body) appears on 52,852 US grants and 62,774 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 52,852
- Published applications
- 62,774
- Assignees
- 9,913
- Inventors
- 51,862
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 1976 | 92 | 0 |
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| 1980 | 131 | 0 |
| 1981 | 155 | 0 |
| 1982 | 121 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 855 | 0 |
| 2001 | 923 | 410 |
| 2002 | 880 | 1277 |
| 2003 | 978 | 1490 |
| 2004 | 839 | 1954 |
| 2005 | 668 | 2056 |
| 2006 | 813 | 2004 |
| 2007 | 696 | 2053 |
| 2008 | 604 | 2129 |
| 2009 | 787 | 2009 |
| 2010 | 1243 | 2263 |
| 2011 | 1414 | 2304 |
| 2012 | 1649 | 2380 |
| 2013 | 1941 | 2600 |
| 2014 | 2237 | 3087 |
| 2015 | 2275 | 2656 |
| 2016 | 2409 | 2907 |
| 2017 | 2637 | 3087 |
| 2018 | 2334 | 3059 |
| 2019 | 2740 | 3256 |
| 2020 | 2728 | 3251 |
| 2021 | 2451 | 3133 |
| 2022 | 2401 | 3051 |
| 2023 | 2262 | 2931 |
| 2024 | 2368 | 2820 |
| 2025 | 2331 | 2731 |
| 2026 | 1567 | 1876 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Device for heart repair6 Oct 2026US 12,751,709 B2Cardiomech AS
- Surgical devices for bone6 Oct 2026US 12,751,715 B2Expand Medical Ltd.
- Assembly for use in knee surgery6 Oct 2026US 12,751,723 B2Eventum Orthopaedics Limited
- Ankle replacement system and method6 Oct 2026US 12,751,726 B2Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
- Intramedullary implant and method of use6 Oct 2026US 12,751,746 B2Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC
- Methods and apparatus for plaque disruption8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306119 A1Elixir Medical Corporation
- Systems and methods for endoluminal valve creation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306131 A1InterVene, Inc.
- Nasal Delivery Tools, Systems, and Methods of Use8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306136 A1Stryker Corporation
- Systems for treating and/or preventing fractures and related devices and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306153 A1Wake Forest University Health Sciences
- A rapidly deployable biomedical emf emitting device and methods of use8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306161 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Expandable intraluminal graft, and method and apparatus for implanting an expandable intraluminal graft3,751US 4,733,665 AExpandable Grafts Partnership · 1988
- Prosthesis comprising an expansible or contractile tubular body2,717US 4,655,771 AShepherd Patents S.A. · 1987
- Devices and methods for performing a vascular anastomosis2,683US 5,695,504 AHeartport, Inc. · 1997
- Valve prothesis for implantation in the body and a catheter for implanting such valve prothesis2,468US 5,411,552 A1995
- Shape-memory surgical staple apparatus and method for use in surgical suturing2,372US 4,485,816 AAlchemia Limited · 1984