A61F 2/4425
Made of articulated components
Official title: {made of articulated components}
A61F2/4425 (Made of articulated components) appears on 1,865 US grants and 2,402 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 1,865
- Published applications
- 2,402
- Assignees
- 398
- Inventors
- 1,618
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 7 | 16 |
| 2003 | 19 | 59 |
| 2004 | 20 | 144 |
| 2005 | 24 | 171 |
| 2006 | 53 | 140 |
| 2007 | 52 | 149 |
| 2008 | 26 | 132 |
| 2009 | 63 | 103 |
| 2010 | 95 | 108 |
| 2011 | 95 | 95 |
| 2012 | 109 | 96 |
| 2013 | 116 | 62 |
| 2014 | 95 | 95 |
| 2015 | 110 | 101 |
| 2016 | 101 | 129 |
| 2017 | 124 | 125 |
| 2018 | 104 | 100 |
| 2019 | 113 | 99 |
| 2020 | 82 | 73 |
| 2021 | 63 | 84 |
| 2022 | 98 | 95 |
| 2023 | 81 | 63 |
| 2024 | 76 | 60 |
| 2025 | 64 | 56 |
| 2026 | 33 | 47 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Articulating expandable intervertebral implant6 Oct 2026US 12,751,835 B2Globus Medical, Inc.
- Expandable cervical interbody and instruments thereof29 Sep 2026US 12,746,129 B2Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
- Motion implants to improve spinal kinematics15 Sep 2026US 12,734,041 B23SPINE, Inc.
- Expandable interbody device1 Sep 2026US 12,721,731 B2MiRus LLC
- Expandable intervertebral implant18 Aug 2026US 12,708,520 B2Elevation Spine, Inc.
- Intervertebral Disc Replacement Implant And Methods Of Use24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283815 A1
- Expandable interbody fusions devices24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283816 A1Globus Medical, Inc.
- Expandable vertebral implant24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283817 A1Globus Medical, Inc.
- Minimally invasive compliant devices for total lumbar disc replacement17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272668 A133 Medical, Inc.
- Expandable implant assembly10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263232 A1Life Spine, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Intervertebral disc prosthesis1,635US 4,349,921 A1982
- Human spinal disc prosthesis1,200US 5,674,296 ASpinal Dynamics, Inc. · 1997
- Low wear artificial spinal disc1,173US 5,676,701 ASmith & Nephew, Inc. · 1997
- Artificial spinal disc1,110US 4,759,769 AHealth & Research Services Inc. · 1988
- Intervertebral disk arthroplasty1,076US 5,258,031 ADanek Medical, Inc. · 1993