A61F 2002/0864
Fixation of tendon or ligament between anchor elements
Official title: {Fixation of tendon or ligament between anchor elements, e.g. by additional screws in the anchor, anchor crimped around tendon}
A61F2002/0864 (Fixation of tendon or ligament between anchor elements) appears on 307 US grants and 334 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 307
- Published applications
- 334
- Assignees
- 128
- Inventors
- 506
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 2004 | 4 | 13 |
| 2005 | 3 | 8 |
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| 2019 | 20 | 15 |
| 2020 | 18 | 12 |
| 2021 | 8 | 8 |
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| 2023 | 7 | 13 |
| 2024 | 10 | 8 |
| 2025 | 12 | 8 |
| 2026 | 4 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Implants with groove patterns and soft tissue attachment features4 Aug 2026US 12,697,222 B2SMed-TA/TD, LLC
- Suture-locking washer for use with a bone anchor, and method for supporting the thumb of a patient after basal joint arthroplasty, and other novel orthopedic apparatus and other novel orthopedic procedures23 Jun 2026US 12,661,103 B2Simparo Inc.
- Tendon fixation plate12 May 2026US 12,622,692 B2Inovedis GmbH
- Tool kit for the implantation of a tendon fixation implant24 Mar 2026US 12,582,513 B2Inovedis GmbH
- All-suture anchor30 Dec 2025US 12,508,016 B2Responsive Arthroscopy, Inc.
- Non-Suture Soft Tissue Anchor Device13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232427 A1
- Cannulated suture and/or graft anchor2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183101 A1Acumed LLC
- Suture Anchors and Methods of Tissue Repairs25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174544 A1Arthrex, Inc.
- Fixation system and fixation kit for ligamentoplasty23 Apr 2026US 2026/0108346 A1Inst Ens Sup Rech Alimentation Sante Animale Sciences Agronomiques Et Environnement (Vetagro Sup)
- All-suture anchor19 Mar 2026US 2026/0076669 A1Responsive Arthroscopy, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical anchor implantation device1,853US 6,974,462 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. · 2005
- Ligament bone anchor and method for its use1,096US 5,702,397 AMedicineLodge, Inc. · 1997
- Method for anchoring suture to bone977US 5,046,513 AMitek Surgical Products, Inc. · 1991
- Suture anchor728US 4,898,156 AMitek Surgical Products, Inc. · 1990
- Bone fastener726US 5,725,529 AInnovasive Devices, Inc. · 1998