A61F 2/461
Of knees
Official title: {of knees}
A61F2/461 (Of knees) appears on 569 US grants and 739 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 569
- Published applications
- 739
- Assignees
- 182
- Inventors
- 907
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 8 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 8 |
| 2004 | 4 | 6 |
| 2005 | 3 | 9 |
| 2006 | 4 | 11 |
| 2007 | 2 | 14 |
| 2008 | 1 | 10 |
| 2009 | 6 | 14 |
| 2010 | 14 | 10 |
| 2011 | 10 | 17 |
| 2012 | 12 | 19 |
| 2013 | 14 | 23 |
| 2014 | 16 | 52 |
| 2015 | 28 | 21 |
| 2016 | 34 | 36 |
| 2017 | 27 | 40 |
| 2018 | 28 | 41 |
| 2019 | 38 | 55 |
| 2020 | 29 | 43 |
| 2021 | 43 | 49 |
| 2022 | 36 | 58 |
| 2023 | 37 | 51 |
| 2024 | 42 | 47 |
| 2025 | 48 | 69 |
| 2026 | 39 | 33 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Methods and apparatus for mid-flexion balancing during knee arthroplasty29 Sep 2026US 12,746,018 B2Knimble Designs, Inc.
- Systems and methods for orthopedic tool connectors22 Sep 2026US 12,740,810 B2Integrity Medical Services Inc.
- Robotically-assisted surgical procedure feedback techniques22 Sep 2026US 12,744,121 B2MedTech S. A.
- Systems and methods for joint balancing8 Sep 2026US 12,728,017 B2MAKO Surgical Corp.
- Computer-assisted method and system for planning an osteotomy procedure1 Sep 2026US 12,721,734 B2Ostesys
- Linked resection instrument and method of using the same in an orthopaedic surgical knee procedure1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294647 A1Depuy Ireland Unlimited Company
- Surgical planning method and characterizations for improved outcomes1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294648 A1Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
- Bone landmarks extraction by bone surface palpation using ball tip stylus for computer assisted surgery navigation24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283711 A1Globus Medical, Inc.
- Bone landmarks extraction by bone surface palpation using ball tip stylus for computer assisted surgery navigation24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283712 A1Globus Medical, Inc.
- System for identifying positions of an artificial tibial component during total knee arthroplasty17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272676 A1Knimble Designs, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Cartilage repair unit724US 5,769,899 AMatrix Biotechnologies, Inc. · 1998
- Surgical implantation of cartilage repair unit549US 5,632,745 AR&D Biologicals, Inc. · 1997
- Tibial trial prosthesis and bone preparation system509US 5,776,200 ASmith & Nephew, Inc. · 1998
- Custom replacement device for resurfacing a femur and method of making the same497US 6,712,856 B1Kinamed, Inc. · 2004
- Knee arthroplasty method480US 7,806,896 B1Marctec, LLC · 2010