A61F 2/5046
For designing or making customized prostheses
Official title: {for designing or making customized prostheses, e.g. using templates, finite-element analysis or CAD-CAM techniques}
A61F2/5046 (For designing or making customized prostheses) appears on 435 US grants and 494 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 10 | 19 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method for producing a prosthetic liner and system consisting of prosthetic liner and prosthetic socket8 Sep 2026US 12,728,020 B2Ottobock SE & Co. Kgaa
- Additive manufacturing techniques for protective devices25 Aug 2026US 12,714,581 B2Hanger, Inc.
- Method and system for designing a biomechanical interface contacting a biological body segment14 Jul 2026US 12,678,301 B2Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 3D subtractive manufacturing of casts, braces, splints and other orthoses2 Jun 2026US 12,642,678 B2Dimension Orthotics, LLC
- Method of manufacturing a microfluidic architecture5 May 2026US 12,617,129 B2Unhindr LTD
- Method of designing and manufacturing a customized hand prosthesis1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294651 A1Inail - Centro Protesi
- Customized compliant prosthetic feet27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248626 A1Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Method of manufacturing a microfluidic architecture27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249522 A1Unhlndr LTD
- Customizable suspension liner, system, and method for making the same30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215938 A1Ossur Iceland Ehf
- Prosthetic foot23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207353 A1Willowwood Global LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and method for monitoring contact pressure between body parts and contact surfaces415US 5,253,656 A1993
- Method for producing custom fitted medical devices340US 6,463,351 B1Clynch Technologies, Inc. · 2002
- Method and apparatus for manufacturing a modified, three-dimensional reproduction of a soft, deformable object318US 4,821,200 AJonkopings Lans Landsting · 1989
- Patient-adapted and improved articular implants, designs and related guide tools233US 8,480,754 B2ConforMIS, Inc. · 2013
- Apparatus and method for monitoring contact pressure between body parts and contact surfaces204US 5,993,400 A1999