A61F 2/4684
Trial or dummy prostheses
Official title: {Trial or dummy prostheses}
A61F2/4684 (Trial or dummy prostheses) appears on 1,995 US grants and 2,360 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 1,995
- Published applications
- 2,360
- Assignees
- 424
- Inventors
- 2,514
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 59 | 65 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Ankle replacement system and method6 Oct 2026US 12,751,726 B2Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
- Methods and apparatuses for trialing a humeral head6 Oct 2026US 12,751,831 B2Zimmer, Inc.
- Adjustable trial spacer system29 Sep 2026US 12,746,131 B1Universal Spine, LLC
- 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
- Managing patients of knee surgeries1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301890 A1Kico Knee Innovation Company Pty. Ltd.
- Orthopaedic knee cone components for use in an orthopaedic surgical procedure and instruments and methods for installing the same24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283802 A1Depuy Ireland Unlimited Company
- Orthopaedic implant systems including retention features and methods of repair24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283810 A1Arthrex, Inc.
- Offset adapters, trial implant systems, and implant systems allowing for selectable eccentricity24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283811 A1Depuy Ireland Unlimited Company
- Devices for setting thickness during total knee arthroplasty17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272680 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Prosthetic implant1,505US 4,834,757 A1989
- Surgical prosthetic implant facilitating vertebral interbody fusion1,185US 4,878,915 A1989
- Femoral prosthesis trial fitting device1,178US 4,135,517 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1979
- Device and method for enabling an orthopedic tool for parameter measurement1,075US 8,911,448 B2Orthosensor Inc. · 2014
- Expandable fusion device and method of installation thereof625US 8,518,120 B2Globus Medical, Inc. · 2013