A61F 2/15
Implant having one or more holes
Official title: {Implant having one or more holes, e.g. for nutrient transport, for facilitating handling}
A61F2/15 (Implant having one or more holes) appears on 204 US grants and 246 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 204
- Published applications
- 246
- Assignees
- 85
- Inventors
- 259
- Latest grant
- 5 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 13 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 4 | 7 |
| 2005 | 6 | 8 |
| 2006 | 6 | 31 |
| 2007 | 2 | 5 |
| 2008 | 6 | 3 |
| 2009 | 3 | 7 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 4 | 7 |
| 2012 | 5 | 9 |
| 2013 | 6 | 10 |
| 2014 | 6 | 8 |
| 2015 | 6 | 15 |
| 2016 | 8 | 13 |
| 2017 | 10 | 12 |
| 2018 | 8 | 9 |
| 2019 | 12 | 11 |
| 2020 | 10 | 16 |
| 2021 | 11 | 12 |
| 2022 | 10 | 14 |
| 2023 | 9 | 10 |
| 2024 | 6 | 10 |
| 2025 | 6 | 9 |
| 2026 | 3 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Pinhole intraocular onlay5 May 2026US 12,616,565 B2Ophthalmic Neo-Innovations of Texas, LLC
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- Intraocular lens punch25 Nov 2025US 12,478,466 B2
- Masked intraocular implants and lenses4 Nov 2025US 12,458,488 B2AcuFocus, Inc.
- Ophthalmic device for drug delivery6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224396 A1SpyGlass Pharma, Inc.
- Delivery devices for implantation of intraocular lens support devices and methods of use2 Apr 2026US 2026/0090878 A1Long Bridge Medical, Inc.
- Intraocular pseudophakic contact lens with mechanism for securing by anterior leaflet of capsular wall and related system and method16 Oct 2025US 2025/0318919 A1OnPoint Vision, Inc.
- Prosthetic capsular devices, systems, and methods18 Sep 2025US 2025/0288408 A1Omega Ophthalmics LLC
- Ophthalmic prosthetic to treat negative and positive dysphotopsia28 Aug 2025US 2025/0268705 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Treatment of presbyopia and other eye disorders230US 5,354,331 A1994
- Connection geometry for intraocular lens system225US 6,846,326 B2Visiogen, Inc. · 2005
- Treatment of presbyopia and other eye disorders195US 5,529,076 A1996
- Intraocular lenses with fixated haptics192US 6,322,589 B12001
- Method of implanting an intraocular lens system188US 6,899,732 B2Visiogen, Inc. · 2005