A61F 2/52
Mammary prostheses
Official title: Mammary prostheses (brassieres with stiffening or bust-forming inserts A41C3/10, A41C3/14)
A61F2/52 (Mammary prostheses) appears on 172 US grants and 164 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 172
- Published applications
- 164
- Assignees
- 91
- Inventors
- 276
- Latest grant
- 14 Apr 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 13 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 6 | 8 |
| 2003 | 7 | 8 |
| 2004 | 1 | 5 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 5 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5 |
| 2010 | 2 | 5 |
| 2011 | 3 | 6 |
| 2012 | 1 | 4 |
| 2013 | 6 | 4 |
| 2014 | 1 | 5 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4 |
| 2017 | 5 | 11 |
| 2018 | 1 | 7 |
| 2019 | 3 | 10 |
| 2020 | 5 | 7 |
| 2021 | 6 | 16 |
| 2022 | 8 | 8 |
| 2023 | 1 | 8 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5 |
| 2025 | 5 | 8 |
| 2026 | 2 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Co-crosslinked hyaluronic acid-silk fibroin hydrogels for improving tissue graft viability and for soft tissue augmentation14 Apr 2026US 12,599,699 B2Allergan, Inc.
- Rigidifying brace10 Feb 2026US 12,544,177 B2Lipocosm, LLC
- Breast prosthesis processing system14 Oct 2025US 12,440,353 B2Shaanxi Maxwell Medical Technology Co., Ltd.
- Pacifier fabrication method1 Jul 2025US 12,343,313 B2
- Absorbable implants for plastic surgery29 Apr 2025US 12,285,325 B2Tepha, Inc.
- Breast implant and manufacturing method for same30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215906 A1
- Breast prosthesis23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207351 A1Onebra S.R.L.
- Breast implant and manufacturing method for same25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174545 A1
- Rigidifying brace4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151207 A1Lipocosm, LLC
- Breast prosthesis and method for manufacturing the same30 Apr 2026US 2026/0115017 A1The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and method for surgical correction of ptotic breasts221US 4,372,293 A1983
- Figure adjusting pad and process for manufacturing same126US 5,340,352 AKabushiki Kaisha Sigel · 1994
- Extreme volume flexible integrity prosthesis64US 6,520,989 B1Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas · 2003
- Mastoprosthesis60US 4,681,587 AAnita-Spezialmiederfabrik Dr. Helbig & Co. · 1987
- Flexible exint retention fixation for external breast prosthesis56US 6,074,420 ABoard of Trustees of the University of Arkansas · 2000