A61F 2002/0894
Muscles
Official title: {Muscles}
A61F2002/0894 (Muscles) appears on 157 US grants and 190 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 157
- Published applications
- 190
- Assignees
- 103
- Inventors
- 324
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 5 |
| 2005 | 1 | 6 |
| 2006 | 3 | 8 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 3 | 6 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 5 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3 |
| 2014 | 5 | 12 |
| 2015 | 2 | 6 |
| 2016 | 9 | 10 |
| 2017 | 9 | 13 |
| 2018 | 9 | 16 |
| 2019 | 9 | 11 |
| 2020 | 16 | 19 |
| 2021 | 14 | 15 |
| 2022 | 8 | 6 |
| 2023 | 12 | 8 |
| 2024 | 9 | 5 |
| 2025 | 6 | 16 |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Suture anchors with one-way locking mechanisms18 Aug 2026US 12,708,359 B2Arthrex, Inc.
- Graft trussing and suspension construct7 Apr 2026US 12,594,157 B2Riverpoint Medical, LLC
- Fixation device and method of manufacture and use24 Feb 2026US 12,558,212 B2Innovate Orthopaedics Limited
- Systems and methods for approximating musculoskeletal dynamics30 Dec 2025US 12,508,138 B2West Virginia University
- Tendon repair implant and method of arthroscopic implantation9 Sep 2025US 12,409,027 B2Rotation Medical, Inc.
- Light beam projection guided biofabrication of aligned tissues3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256989 A1ETH Zurich
- Conductive hydrogel fibers and the fabrication methods thereof12 Mar 2026US 2026/0071355 A1City University of Hong Kong
- Muscle assistance membrane19 Feb 2026US 2026/0048176 A1Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
- Tendon repair implant and method of arthroscopic implantation4 Dec 2025US 2025/0366977 A1Rotation Medical, Inc.
- Clip for eye muscle surgery16 Oct 2025US 2025/0318827 A1Rambam Medtech Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Tissue graft for surgical reconstruction of a collagenous meniscus and method therefor298US 5,352,463 A1994
- Soft actuators and artificial muscles184US 6,109,852 AUniversity of New Mexico · 2000
- Electroactive polymer based artificial sphincters and artificial muscle patches130US 6,749,556 B2SciMed Life Systems, Inc. · 2004
- Ionic polymer sensors and actuators110US 6,475,639 B22002
- Electrically controlled polymeric gel actuators98US 5,250,167 AThe United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy · 1993