A61F 2/60
Artificial legs or feet or parts thereof
A61F2/60 (Artificial legs or feet or parts thereof) appears on 1,729 US grants and 1,919 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 1,729
- Published applications
- 1,919
- Assignees
- 555
- Inventors
- 2,548
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 9 | 0 |
| 1977 | 9 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 13 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 11 | 0 |
| 1985 | 9 | 0 |
| 1986 | 9 | 0 |
| 1987 | 8 | 0 |
| 1988 | 9 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 13 | 0 |
| 1991 | 17 | 0 |
| 1992 | 22 | 0 |
| 1993 | 16 | 0 |
| 1994 | 20 | 0 |
| 1995 | 21 | 0 |
| 1996 | 27 | 0 |
| 1997 | 15 | 0 |
| 1998 | 37 | 0 |
| 1999 | 41 | 0 |
| 2000 | 29 | 0 |
| 2001 | 27 | 4 |
| 2002 | 31 | 37 |
| 2003 | 24 | 29 |
| 2004 | 43 | 44 |
| 2005 | 32 | 59 |
| 2006 | 26 | 53 |
| 2007 | 20 | 48 |
| 2008 | 24 | 46 |
| 2009 | 22 | 56 |
| 2010 | 42 | 54 |
| 2011 | 46 | 54 |
| 2012 | 40 | 68 |
| 2013 | 38 | 65 |
| 2014 | 63 | 77 |
| 2015 | 62 | 116 |
| 2016 | 53 | 110 |
| 2017 | 63 | 99 |
| 2018 | 77 | 122 |
| 2019 | 101 | 110 |
| 2020 | 104 | 109 |
| 2021 | 82 | 102 |
| 2022 | 84 | 128 |
| 2023 | 75 | 116 |
| 2024 | 64 | 72 |
| 2025 | 60 | 86 |
| 2026 | 48 | 55 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Powered-on passive knee prosthesis system6 Oct 2026US 12,751,839 B2Vanderbilt University
- Lanyard systems for prosthetic devices and related methods6 Oct 2026US 12,751,841 B2Click Holdings, LLC
- Systems and methods for an environment-aware predictive modeling framework for human-robot symbiotic walking6 Oct 2026US 12,755,410 B2Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
- 3 degrees of freedom ankle prosthesis22 Sep 2026US 12,740,876 B2Ozyegin Universites!
- Method for controlling a damping modification15 Sep 2026US 12,734,048 B2Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
- Artificial knee joint, adjustment support apparatus for artificial knee joint, method of controlling artificial knee joint, and program to control artificial knee joint8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306280 A1Nabtesco Corporation
- Method of fitting a prosthetic interface system using compliant members8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306283 A1
- Unified controller for powered ankle assistive devices8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306341 A1
- Prosthetic Foot24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283822 A1
- Power transmission device and joint device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287046 A1Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- System for controlling artificial knee joint action in an above knee prosthesis315US 5,571,205 A1996
- Self-adjusting prosthetic ankle apparatus247US 6,443,993 B12002
- System and method for coordinated motion among heterogeneous devices233US 10,283,220 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2019
- Speed-adaptive and patient-adaptive prosthetic knee220US 6,610,101 B2Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 2003
- Computer controlled hydraulic resistance device for a prosthesis and other apparatus206US 5,888,212 AMauch, Inc. · 1999