A61F 2/583
Hands
Official title: {Hands; Wrist joints}
A61F2/583 (Hands) appears on 497 US grants and 576 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 497
- Published applications
- 576
- Assignees
- 266
- Inventors
- 1,090
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 8 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 10 | 5 |
| 2003 | 5 | 4 |
| 2004 | 0 | 4 |
| 2005 | 5 | 7 |
| 2006 | 7 | 7 |
| 2007 | 0 | 11 |
| 2008 | 7 | 13 |
| 2009 | 2 | 7 |
| 2010 | 4 | 15 |
| 2011 | 5 | 10 |
| 2012 | 7 | 18 |
| 2013 | 12 | 24 |
| 2014 | 18 | 22 |
| 2015 | 20 | 28 |
| 2016 | 19 | 23 |
| 2017 | 23 | 32 |
| 2018 | 26 | 39 |
| 2019 | 31 | 40 |
| 2020 | 34 | 34 |
| 2021 | 31 | 45 |
| 2022 | 27 | 48 |
| 2023 | 25 | 34 |
| 2024 | 38 | 41 |
| 2025 | 16 | 35 |
| 2026 | 22 | 28 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Artificial hand29 Sep 2026US 12,746,133 B2
- Handlebar adapter device8 Sep 2026US 12,728,021 B2Form5 Prosthetics Inc.
- Covering shell for a prosthesis and limb prosthesis8 Sep 2026US 12,728,022 B2Chabloz OrthopéDie
- Digit prosthesis assembly18 Aug 2026US 12,708,530 B2
- Metacarpus element with volume for a hand prosthesis18 Aug 2026US 12,708,531 B2
- Composite cuff regenerative peripheral nerve interface (cc-rpni)8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306281 A1The Regents of the University of Michigan
- Method of designing and manufacturing a customized hand prosthesis1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294651 A1Inail - Centro Protesi
- Robotic pronator17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276067 A1The Regents of the University of Michigan
- Prosthetic limb apparatus and methods10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264227 A1
- Prosthetic hand3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256601 A1Metacarpal Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Manipulation unit321US 6,860,169 B2Seiko Epson Corporation · 2005
- Computerized electronic prosthesis apparatus and method216US 5,413,611 AMCP Services, Inc. · 1995
- Method and apparatus for controlling an externally powered prosthesis213US 5,888,213 AMotion Control, Inc. · 1999
- Prosthetic, orthotic, and other rehabilitative robotic assistive devices actuated by smart materials195US 6,379,393 B1Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · 2002
- Multi-fingered robotic hand173US 4,921,293 AThe United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1990