A61F 2/2875
Skull or cranium
Official title: {Skull or cranium (A61F2/2803 takes precedence; joints for temporo-mandibular [TM] joints [TMJ] A61F2/3099)}
A61F2/2875 (Skull or cranium) appears on 398 US grants and 470 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 398
- Published applications
- 470
- Assignees
- 255
- Inventors
- 926
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 7 | 0 |
| 1996 | 12 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 10 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 12 | 3 |
| 2002 | 8 | 15 |
| 2003 | 10 | 10 |
| 2004 | 4 | 16 |
| 2005 | 7 | 12 |
| 2006 | 8 | 8 |
| 2007 | 2 | 10 |
| 2008 | 3 | 9 |
| 2009 | 5 | 6 |
| 2010 | 6 | 14 |
| 2011 | 3 | 8 |
| 2012 | 14 | 18 |
| 2013 | 9 | 19 |
| 2014 | 16 | 16 |
| 2015 | 19 | 23 |
| 2016 | 15 | 22 |
| 2017 | 19 | 23 |
| 2018 | 16 | 30 |
| 2019 | 18 | 21 |
| 2020 | 21 | 30 |
| 2021 | 23 | 33 |
| 2022 | 17 | 38 |
| 2023 | 17 | 29 |
| 2024 | 24 | 23 |
| 2025 | 16 | 23 |
| 2026 | 17 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Cranial drug delivery system6 Oct 2026US 12,752,051 B1CraniUS LLC
- Assembleable artificial bone plate and artificial bone plate unit1 Sep 2026US 12,721,656 B2Ji Yan Biomedical Co., Ltd.
- Medical device4 Aug 2026US 12,697,418 B2Obl
- Cranial spring apparatus and methods21 Jul 2026US 12,685,566 B2University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
- Cranial fixation devices14 Jul 2026US 12,678,200 B2Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- 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
- Photobiomodulation and electrical modulation of a target area of the brain through an electro-optical cranial window6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224911 A1Case Western Reserve University
- Medical devices containing compositions of poly(butylene succinate) and copolymers thereof16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199563 A1Tepha, Inc.
- Implant for an areal treatment of a bone defect11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157841 A1Karl Leibinger Asset Management GmbH & Co. KG
- Implant for an areal treatment of a bone defect11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157853 A1Karl Leibinger Asset Management GmbH & Co. KG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Osteogenic implants derived from bone1,550US 6,863,694 B1Osteotech, Inc. · 2005
- Intra-operative determination of dimensions for fabrication of artificial bone flap864US 9,913,733 B2Synaptive Medical (Barbados) Inc. · 2018
- System and method for rapidly customizing design, manufacture and/or selection of biomedical devices614US 6,772,026 B2Therics, Inc. · 2004
- Shaped load-bearing osteoimplant and methods of making same576US 6,696,073 B2Osteotech, Inc. · 2004
- Method of forming implantable prostheses for reconstructive surgery573US 4,436,684 AContour Med Partners, Ltd. · 1984