A61F 2/42
For wrists or ankles
Official title: for wrists or ankles; for hands, e.g. fingers; for feet, e.g. toes
A61F2/42 (For wrists or ankles) appears on 1,581 US grants and 1,962 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 1,581
- Published applications
- 1,962
- Assignees
- 575
- Inventors
- 2,272
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 9 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 10 | 0 |
| 1980 | 14 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 7 | 0 |
| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 12 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 11 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 14 | 0 |
| 1995 | 11 | 0 |
| 1996 | 15 | 0 |
| 1997 | 15 | 0 |
| 1998 | 22 | 0 |
| 1999 | 21 | 0 |
| 2000 | 17 | 0 |
| 2001 | 21 | 12 |
| 2002 | 26 | 23 |
| 2003 | 15 | 27 |
| 2004 | 22 | 49 |
| 2005 | 14 | 51 |
| 2006 | 19 | 63 |
| 2007 | 19 | 57 |
| 2008 | 8 | 67 |
| 2009 | 23 | 50 |
| 2010 | 30 | 78 |
| 2011 | 39 | 79 |
| 2012 | 48 | 72 |
| 2013 | 57 | 79 |
| 2014 | 70 | 101 |
| 2015 | 70 | 65 |
| 2016 | 66 | 75 |
| 2017 | 90 | 108 |
| 2018 | 75 | 85 |
| 2019 | 85 | 94 |
| 2020 | 68 | 108 |
| 2021 | 87 | 136 |
| 2022 | 85 | 104 |
| 2023 | 76 | 95 |
| 2024 | 68 | 100 |
| 2025 | 95 | 109 |
| 2026 | 66 | 75 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Ankle replacement system and method6 Oct 2026US 12,751,726 B2Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
- System for joint fixation of extremity bone and related methods6 Oct 2026US 12,751,749 B2Forma Medical, Inc.
- Systems and methods for joint fusion6 Oct 2026US 12,751,836 B2Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC
- Implant for fusing at least two bone components and method of fusing bone components using the implant29 Sep 2026US 12,746,126 B2TriMed, Inc.
- Systems and methods for robotic ankle arthroplasty15 Sep 2026US 12,733,943 B2Orthosoft Ulc
- System and method for joining boney structures1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294632 A1
- Sinus tarsi implant1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294638 A1Graham Medical Technologies, L.L.C.
- Systems, apparatuses, and methods for correcting a bone defect1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294639 A1Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
- An implant device for total ankle replacement24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283813 A1
- Arthritis Plate24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283814 A1Medline Industries, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Osteogenic implants derived from bone1,550US 6,863,694 B1Osteotech, Inc. · 2005
- Prosthetic implant1,505US 4,834,757 A1989
- Computer-assisted surgery planner and intra-operative guidance system1,223US 6,205,411 B1Carnegie Mellon University · 2001
- Surgical prosthetic implant facilitating vertebral interbody fusion1,185US 4,878,915 A1989
- Surgical protocol for fixation of osteoporotic bone using inflatable device977US 4,969,888 A1990