A61F 2/588
Hands having holding devices shaped differently from human fingers
Official title: {Hands having holding devices shaped differently from human fingers, e.g. claws, hooks, tubes}
A61F2/588 (Hands having holding devices shaped differently from human fingers) appears on 116 US grants and 87 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 116
- Published applications
- 87
- Assignees
- 69
- Inventors
- 226
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2008 | 3 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 5 |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5 |
| 2014 | 2 | 8 |
| 2015 | 5 | 5 |
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| 2017 | 3 | 5 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3 |
| 2019 | 8 | 4 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4 |
| 2021 | 6 | 8 |
| 2022 | 4 | 7 |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 |
| 2026 | 4 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Biomedical finger assembly for use with capacitive panels13 May 2025US 12,295,866 B2RCM Enterprise LLC
- Device for establishing a mechanical connection between a limb of a person and a tool, and orthotic system with such a device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240665 A1macu4 AG
- Prosthetic hand23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207357 A1Ottobock SE & Co. Kgaa
- Cuff and orthotic system5 Mar 2026US 2026/0060818 A1macu4 AG
- Prosthetic assistive hand device with split hook and opposable thumb24 Jul 2025US 2025/0235330 A1Touch Bionics Limited
- Biomedical finger assembly for use with capacitive panels17 Jul 2025US 2025/0228675 A1RCM Enterprise LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Robotic grasping apparatus94US 5,588,688 ASarcos Corp. · 1996
- Myoelectrically controlled artificial hand91US 4,623,354 ANorthwestern University · 1986
- Tactile stimulus receptor for a hand prosthesis83US 4,808,187 AIowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. · 1989
- Artificial hand and drive apparatus for such hand64US 4,114,464 AMesserschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm GmbH · 1978
- Robotic grasping apparatus61US 5,172,951 AUniversity of Utah Research Foundation · 1992