A61F 2/586
Fingers
Official title: {Fingers}
A61F2/586 (Fingers) appears on 285 US grants and 379 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 285
- Published applications
- 379
- Assignees
- 167
- Inventors
- 666
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 8 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 4 | 6 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5 |
| 2007 | 0 | 5 |
| 2008 | 4 | 9 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 8 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5 |
| 2012 | 4 | 13 |
| 2013 | 5 | 16 |
| 2014 | 8 | 11 |
| 2015 | 13 | 19 |
| 2016 | 12 | 15 |
| 2017 | 21 | 18 |
| 2018 | 18 | 24 |
| 2019 | 14 | 29 |
| 2020 | 23 | 23 |
| 2021 | 19 | 35 |
| 2022 | 20 | 31 |
| 2023 | 16 | 20 |
| 2024 | 29 | 31 |
| 2025 | 12 | 25 |
| 2026 | 12 | 21 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Digit prosthesis assembly18 Aug 2026US 12,708,530 B2
- Metacarpus element with volume for a hand prosthesis18 Aug 2026US 12,708,531 B2
- Biomedical finger assembly with ratcheting lock4 Aug 2026US 12,697,232 B2RCM Enterprise LLC
- Automated hand21 Jul 2026US 12,685,652 B2Taska Prosthetics Limited
- Automated hand14 Jul 2026US 12,678,302 B2Taska Prosthetics Limited
- Method of designing and manufacturing a customized hand prosthesis1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294651 A1Inail - Centro Protesi
- Prosthetic limb apparatus and methods10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264227 A1
- Prosthetic hand3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256601 A1Metacarpal Ltd
- Robotic thumb and respective control method3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257374 A1BionIT Labs S.r.l.
- Hand orthosis or hand prosthesis, and system consisting of a hand orthosis or hand prothesis and counter element20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240674 A1Ottobock SE & Co. Kgaa
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- System and method for providing a sense of feel in a prosthetic or sensory impaired limb169US 6,500,210 B1Seattle Systems, Inc. · 2002