A61F 2002/0888
Anchor in or on a blind hole or on the bone surface
Official title: {Anchor in or on a blind hole or on the bone surface without formation of a tunnel}
A61F2002/0888 (Anchor in or on a blind hole or on the bone surface) appears on 759 US grants and 841 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 759
- Published applications
- 841
- Assignees
- 245
- Inventors
- 1,007
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
| 1993 | 12 | 0 |
| 1994 | 9 | 0 |
| 1995 | 8 | 0 |
| 1996 | 9 | 0 |
| 1997 | 17 | 0 |
| 1998 | 15 | 0 |
| 1999 | 19 | 0 |
| 2000 | 18 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 7 |
| 2002 | 7 | 16 |
| 2003 | 22 | 21 |
| 2004 | 9 | 25 |
| 2005 | 7 | 11 |
| 2006 | 12 | 20 |
| 2007 | 9 | 17 |
| 2008 | 8 | 31 |
| 2009 | 8 | 25 |
| 2010 | 12 | 34 |
| 2011 | 14 | 30 |
| 2012 | 23 | 40 |
| 2013 | 28 | 36 |
| 2014 | 34 | 47 |
| 2015 | 26 | 43 |
| 2016 | 51 | 57 |
| 2017 | 50 | 56 |
| 2018 | 39 | 41 |
| 2019 | 37 | 43 |
| 2020 | 56 | 43 |
| 2021 | 25 | 29 |
| 2022 | 31 | 44 |
| 2023 | 26 | 42 |
| 2024 | 25 | 34 |
| 2025 | 29 | 22 |
| 2026 | 18 | 27 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Surgical devices for bone6 Oct 2026US 12,751,715 B2Expand Medical Ltd.
- Implants with groove patterns and soft tissue attachment features4 Aug 2026US 12,697,222 B2SMed-TA/TD, LLC
- Methods and procedures for ligament repair7 Jul 2026US 12,672,952 B2Children's Medical Center Corporation
- 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.
- Femoral fixation23 Jun 2026US 12,661,216 B2DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Soft anchor made from suture filament and suture tape24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283610 A1Linvatec Corporation
- Implantable container for augmentation procedures10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263210 A1OTS Medical Ltd.
- Non-Suture Soft Tissue Anchor Device13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232427 A1
- Methods and apparatuses for attaching soft tissue to bone with knotless repair30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215905 A1Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC
- Method and apparatus for forming a self-locking adjustable loop23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207188 A1Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Systems for securing sutures, grafts and soft tissue to bone and periosteum2,057US 6,200,330 B12001
- Surgical anchor implantation device1,853US 6,974,462 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. · 2005
- Ligament fixation staple1,712US 5,209,756 A1993
- Systems for securing sutures, grafts and soft tissue to bone and periosteum1,553US 7,326,213 B22008
- Method and apparatus for anchoring and manipulating cartilage1,293US 4,741,330 A1988