A61F 2002/0852
Fixation of a loop or u-turn
Official title: {Fixation of a loop or U-turn, e.g. eyelets, anchor having multiple holes}
A61F2002/0852 (Fixation of a loop or u-turn) appears on 766 US grants and 962 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 766
- Published applications
- 962
- Assignees
- 224
- Inventors
- 983
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 29 | 55 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Anchor apparatus29 Sep 2026US 12,745,998 B2Spectral-Flush Anchor Systems LLC
- Soft anchors for anatomical fixation, and related systems and methods29 Sep 2026US 12,746,000 B2Medos International Sarl
- Patient-specific soft tissue rearrangement22 Sep 2026US 12,740,830 B2Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.
- Implant for reinforcement of soft tissues1 Sep 2026US 12,721,720 B1Tm Holding Companies, Inc.
- Suture anchors with one-way locking mechanisms18 Aug 2026US 12,708,359 B2Arthrex, Inc.
- Tensionable and lockable micro suture anchors and anchor arrays for anatomical attachment of soft tissue to bone24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283780 A1Integrity Orthopaedics, Inc.
- Soft Anchor Constructs And Methods Of Tissue Repairs27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248605 A1Arthrex, Inc.
- Backstop loader13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232309 A1Conmed Corporation
- Methods for forming a tunnel in bone30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215792 A1Integrity Medical Services Inc.
- Methods and apparatuses for attaching soft tissue to bone with knotless repair30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215905 A1Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ligament fixation staple1,712US 5,209,756 A1993
- Scaffold for connective tissue repair1,444US 8,226,715 B2DePuy Mitek, LLC · 2012
- Ligament anchor system838US 4,870,957 A1989
- Bone fastener726US 5,725,529 AInnovasive Devices, Inc. · 1998
- Suture anchoring device and method707US 5,480,403 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1996