A61F 2/30744
End caps
Official title: {End caps, e.g. for closing an endoprosthetic cavity}
A61F2/30744 (End caps) appears on 763 US grants and 773 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 763
- Published applications
- 773
- Assignees
- 217
- Inventors
- 958
- Latest grant
- 21 Apr 2026
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| 2024 | 16 | 16 |
| 2025 | 13 | 8 |
| 2026 | 2 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Bone density scan result-matched orthopedic implants and methods of use21 Apr 2026US 12,605,252 B2Aurora Spine, Inc.
- Interbody fusion devices, systems and methods17 Mar 2026US 12,575,944 B2Raed M. Ali, M.D., Inc.
- Device and method for deployment of an anchoring device for intervertebral spinal fusion23 Dec 2025US 12,502,284 B2Globus Medical, Inc.
- Bone density scan result-matched orthopedic implants and methods of use25 Nov 2025US 12,478,481 B2Aurora Spine, Inc.
- Helicoil interference fixation system for attaching a graft ligament to a bone11 Nov 2025US 12,465,480 B2Healicoil, Inc.
- Bone density scan result-matched orthopedic implants and methods of use30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215929 A1Aurora Spine, Inc.
- Endoprosthesis System with Cortical Clamping18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165753 A1Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
- Device and method for deployment of an anchoring device for intervertebral spinal fusion30 Apr 2026US 2026/0115006 A1Globus Medical, Inc.
- Device For Mechanical Securement To Hard Tissue30 Oct 2025US 2025/0331992 A1
- Expandable implant with pivoting control assembly23 Oct 2025US 2025/0325377 A1Life Spine, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Threaded spinal implant1,511US 5,015,247 A1991
- Artificial spinal fusion implants1,486US 5,522,899 ASofamor Danek Properties, Inc. · 1996
- Lordotic interbody spinal fusion implants1,389US 5,609,635 A1997
- Apparatus and method of inserting spinal implants1,319US 5,484,437 A1996
- Spinal implantation methods utilizing a middle expandable implant1,273US 5,390,683 A1995