A61F 2/18
Internal ear or nose parts
Official title: Internal ear or nose parts, e.g. ear-drums {(implants for middle ear ventilation or drainage A61F11/202)}
A61F2/18 (Internal ear or nose parts) appears on 533 US grants and 600 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 533
- Published applications
- 600
- Assignees
- 238
- Inventors
- 889
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 9 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 11 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 12 | 2 |
| 2002 | 8 | 6 |
| 2003 | 6 | 4 |
| 2004 | 5 | 13 |
| 2005 | 3 | 8 |
| 2006 | 5 | 11 |
| 2007 | 6 | 20 |
| 2008 | 7 | 24 |
| 2009 | 4 | 23 |
| 2010 | 11 | 26 |
| 2011 | 8 | 26 |
| 2012 | 22 | 33 |
| 2013 | 14 | 31 |
| 2014 | 26 | 24 |
| 2015 | 24 | 28 |
| 2016 | 23 | 22 |
| 2017 | 25 | 35 |
| 2018 | 17 | 32 |
| 2019 | 30 | 41 |
| 2020 | 29 | 32 |
| 2021 | 29 | 39 |
| 2022 | 21 | 26 |
| 2023 | 32 | 28 |
| 2024 | 23 | 36 |
| 2025 | 21 | 16 |
| 2026 | 16 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Nasal implants and systems and method of use29 Sep 2026US 12,746,114 B2Stryker Corporation
- Enhanced septum implant having a central bridge section and three subsections1 Sep 2026US 12,721,724 B2Heinz Kurz GmbH
- Medical device and prosthesis18 Aug 2026US 12,708,281 B2Cochlear Limited
- Engineered cartilage11 Aug 2026US 12,702,730 B2Stemcellago Inc.
- Nasal valve implants and methods of implanting the same28 Jul 2026US 12,690,888 B2Stryker Corporation
- Nasal Delivery Tools, Systems, and Methods of Use8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306136 A1Stryker Corporation
- Replacement prosthesis for auditory ossicle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306252 A1Kyungpook National University Hospital
- Surgical template and method for configuring and/or manufacturing a surgical template20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240551 A1Karl Leibinger Asset Management GmbH & Co. KG
- Temporal bone implant and method for configuring and/or manufacturing a temporal bone implant20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240569 A1Karl Leibinger Asset Management GmbH & Co. KG
- Biopolymer-based tympanostomy tubes with programmable, tunable, and on-demand degradation20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240644 A1Trustees of Tufts College
Most cited
By later US patents
- Otologic prosthesis1,485US 6,554,861 B2Gyrus Ent, L.L.C. · 2003
- Implantable device and methods for delivering drugs and other substances to treat sinusitis and other disorders1,387US 7,361,168 B2Acclarent, Inc. · 2008
- Implantable structure386US 4,052,754 A1977
- Devices, systems and methods for diagnosing and treating sinusitus and other disorders of the ears, nose and/or throat357US 7,654,997 B2Acclarent, Inc. · 2010
- Electromechanical transducer for implantable hearing aids311US 5,277,694 AImplex Corporation · 1994