A61F 2/4202
For ankles
Official title: {for ankles}
A61F2/4202 (For ankles) appears on 728 US grants and 1,026 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 728
- Published applications
- 1,026
- Assignees
- 276
- Inventors
- 1,092
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 6 |
| 2002 | 7 | 17 |
| 2003 | 9 | 19 |
| 2004 | 9 | 31 |
| 2005 | 10 | 33 |
| 2006 | 10 | 29 |
| 2007 | 9 | 34 |
| 2008 | 3 | 37 |
| 2009 | 12 | 32 |
| 2010 | 15 | 31 |
| 2011 | 24 | 33 |
| 2012 | 17 | 34 |
| 2013 | 19 | 25 |
| 2014 | 28 | 50 |
| 2015 | 30 | 28 |
| 2016 | 37 | 43 |
| 2017 | 39 | 58 |
| 2018 | 42 | 38 |
| 2019 | 50 | 56 |
| 2020 | 32 | 54 |
| 2021 | 46 | 91 |
| 2022 | 55 | 59 |
| 2023 | 42 | 49 |
| 2024 | 39 | 54 |
| 2025 | 53 | 48 |
| 2026 | 37 | 37 |
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.
- 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
- Method for performing an ankle arthroplasty15 Sep 2026US 12,734,046 B2Extremis Robotics
- Implantable component with improved anchoring means for ankle prosthesis and ankle prosthesis comprising such a component8 Sep 2026US 12,728,012 B2In2Bones
- 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.
- An implant device for total ankle replacement24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283813 A1
- Syndesmosis fixation assembly17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272446 A1Globus Medical, Inc.
- Joint osteotomy system and method17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272524 A1Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Osteogenic implants derived from bone1,550US 6,863,694 B1Osteotech, Inc. · 2005
- Computer-assisted surgery planner and intra-operative guidance system1,223US 6,205,411 B1Carnegie Mellon University · 2001
- Devices and methods for surgery977US 9,861,446 B22018
- Systems and methods for treating fractured or diseased bone using expandable bodies943US 6,248,110 B1Kyphon Inc. · 2001
- Process for fusing bone joints902US 4,501,269 AWashington State University Research Foundation · 1985