A61F 2/484
Fluid means, i.e. hydraulic or pneumatic
Official title: {Fluid means, i.e. hydraulic or pneumatic}
A61F2/484 (Fluid means, i.e. hydraulic or pneumatic) appears on 256 US grants and 392 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 256
- Published applications
- 392
- Assignees
- 110
- Inventors
- 495
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2012 | 14 | 25 |
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| 2014 | 12 | 9 |
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| 2019 | 21 | 18 |
| 2020 | 20 | 28 |
| 2021 | 15 | 17 |
| 2022 | 21 | 28 |
| 2023 | 15 | 33 |
| 2024 | 19 | 28 |
| 2025 | 18 | 32 |
| 2026 | 17 | 31 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Leak detection for implantable inflation devices29 Sep 2026US 12,746,132 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Implantable medical device8 Sep 2026US 12,727,984 B2Uromems
- Hip joint method18 Aug 2026US 12,708,375 B2
- Operable implant11 Aug 2026US 12,702,752 B2
- Electronic implantable penile prosthesis4 Aug 2026US 12,697,219 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Prosthetic devices17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272663 A1Stryker European Operations Limited
- Implantable medical device with a conductive layer having a bonding rim for coupling to a fluidic manifold10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263240 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Implantable medical device with an electronic pump device for controlling a fluidic device10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263241 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Implantable medical device having an electronic pump device with a passive valve layer on a base plate10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263242 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Hip joint device and method3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256593 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Collapsible, rotatable and expandable spinal hydraulic prosthetic device1,011US 6,375,682 B12002
- Vertebral body prosthesis611US 5,236,460 AMidas Rex Pneumatic Tools, Inc. · 1993
- Lockable spinal implant459US 8,192,495 B2CoAlign Innovations, Inc. · 2012
- Selectively expanding spine cage, hydraulically controllable in three dimensions for enhanced spinal fusion343US 7,985,256 B2CoAlign Innovations, Inc. · 2011
- Adjustable distraction cage with linked locking mechanisms312US 8,696,751 B2CoAlign Innovations, Inc. · 2014