A61F 2/76
Means for assembling, fitting or testing prostheses
Official title: Means for assembling, fitting or testing prostheses, e.g. for measuring or balancing
A61F2/76 (Means for assembling, fitting or testing prostheses) appears on 1,273 US grants and 1,464 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 1,273
- Published applications
- 1,464
- Assignees
- 449
- Inventors
- 1,989
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 28 | 0 |
| 1999 | 35 | 0 |
| 2000 | 18 | 0 |
| 2001 | 17 | 4 |
| 2002 | 23 | 24 |
| 2003 | 22 | 24 |
| 2004 | 19 | 28 |
| 2005 | 20 | 40 |
| 2006 | 17 | 48 |
| 2007 | 12 | 34 |
| 2008 | 19 | 34 |
| 2009 | 21 | 39 |
| 2010 | 26 | 56 |
| 2011 | 36 | 55 |
| 2012 | 35 | 65 |
| 2013 | 42 | 56 |
| 2014 | 62 | 70 |
| 2015 | 56 | 95 |
| 2016 | 57 | 79 |
| 2017 | 68 | 81 |
| 2018 | 62 | 96 |
| 2019 | 92 | 97 |
| 2020 | 78 | 82 |
| 2021 | 65 | 70 |
| 2022 | 53 | 79 |
| 2023 | 57 | 69 |
| 2024 | 64 | 51 |
| 2025 | 41 | 48 |
| 2026 | 30 | 40 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Lanyard systems for prosthetic devices and related methods6 Oct 2026US 12,751,841 B2Click Holdings, LLC
- Artificial hand29 Sep 2026US 12,746,133 B2
- Method for controlling a damping modification15 Sep 2026US 12,734,048 B2Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
- Systems and methods for reinforcement learning control of a powered prosthesis15 Sep 2026US 12,734,049 B2Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
- Height adjustable prosthesis pyramid connector15 Sep 2026US 12,734,050 B2Otto Bock Healthcare 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
- Systems for real-time prediction of transitions to rigid and compliant surfaces using myoelectric and kinematic data10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263244 A1University of Delaware
- Prosthetic socket3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256602 A1Ottobock SE & Co. Kgaa
Most cited
By later US patents
- Motion analysis system596US 5,955,667 AThe Governors of the University of Alberta · 1999
- Apparatus and method for monitoring contact pressure between body parts and contact surfaces415US 5,253,656 A1993
- Motion analysis system394US 6,301,964 B1DyhaStream Innovations Inc. · 2001
- Motion analysis system384US 6,513,381 B2Dynastream Innovations, Inc. · 2003
- System for controlling artificial knee joint action in an above knee prosthesis315US 5,571,205 A1996