A61F 2002/30065
Thermoplastic, i.e. softening or fusing when heated, and hardening and becoming rigid
Official title: {thermoplastic, i.e. softening or fusing when heated, and hardening and becoming rigid again when cooled}
A61F2002/30065 (Thermoplastic, i.e. softening or fusing when heated, and hardening and becoming rigid) appears on 392 US grants and 386 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 386
- Assignees
- 163
- Inventors
- 539
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 2023 | 7 | 11 |
| 2024 | 11 | 13 |
| 2025 | 6 | 5 |
| 2026 | 4 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Porous composite biomaterials and related methods25 Aug 2026US 12,714,571 B2Happe Spine LLC
- In-situ additive manufactured motion-sparing implants23 Jun 2026US 12,661,230 B2Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
- Metal-reinforced polymer femoral component of an orthopaedic knee prosthesis and associated method of making the same10 Mar 2026US 12,569,347 B2Depuy Ireland Unlimited Company
- Prosthetic device3 Feb 2026US 12,539,214 B1JointMedica Ltd.
- Glenoid prosthesis baseplate23 Sep 2025US 12,419,756 B2
- Metal-reinforced polymer femoral component of an orthopaedic knee prosthesis and associated method of making the same16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199097 A1Depuy Ireland Unlimited Company
- Implant for an areal treatment of a bone defect11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157841 A1Karl Leibinger Asset Management GmbH & Co. KG
- Implant for an areal treatment of a bone defect11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157853 A1Karl Leibinger Asset Management GmbH & Co. KG
- Methods, devices, and systems for treating bone defects15 Jan 2026US 2026/0013997 A1The Regents of the University of Michigan
- Joint device and method16 Oct 2025US 2025/0318934 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Porous medical device and method for its manufacture1,145US 7,964,206 B2Bioretec Oy · 2011
- Artificial intervertebral disk member959US 5,370,697 ASulzer Medizinaltechnik AG · 1994
- Instrumentation for minimally invasive joint replacement and methods for using same831US 6,702,821 B2Bonutti 2003 Trust-A · 2004
- System and method for joint resurface repair805US 6,520,964 B2STD Manufacturing Ltd. · 2003
- Functional and biocompatible intervertebral disc spacer803US 4,911,718 AJohnson & Johnson · 1990