A61F 2002/3008
Radio-opaque
Official title: {radio-opaque, e.g. radio-opaque markers}
A61F2002/3008 (Radio-opaque) appears on 1,268 US grants and 1,492 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 1,268
- Published applications
- 1,492
- Assignees
- 362
- Inventors
- 1,542
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 14 | 0 |
| 1997 | 13 | 0 |
| 1998 | 23 | 0 |
| 1999 | 17 | 0 |
| 2000 | 20 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 7 |
| 2002 | 15 | 28 |
| 2003 | 15 | 27 |
| 2004 | 22 | 67 |
| 2005 | 5 | 66 |
| 2006 | 20 | 62 |
| 2007 | 24 | 91 |
| 2008 | 11 | 78 |
| 2009 | 21 | 60 |
| 2010 | 48 | 82 |
| 2011 | 50 | 75 |
| 2012 | 67 | 78 |
| 2013 | 68 | 56 |
| 2014 | 73 | 87 |
| 2015 | 73 | 67 |
| 2016 | 88 | 86 |
| 2017 | 81 | 83 |
| 2018 | 76 | 88 |
| 2019 | 71 | 65 |
| 2020 | 53 | 56 |
| 2021 | 40 | 39 |
| 2022 | 52 | 44 |
| 2023 | 42 | 37 |
| 2024 | 31 | 25 |
| 2025 | 35 | 28 |
| 2026 | 17 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Knee-joint endoprosthesis6 Oct 2026US 12,751,830 B2Aesculap AG
- Surgical implant8 Sep 2026US 12,728,009 B2Invibio Knees Limited
- Expandable intervertebral implant1 Sep 2026US 12,721,732 B2Globus Medical, Inc.
- Bone fusion device, apparatus and method1 Sep 2026US 12,721,735 B1Neuropro Technologies, Inc.
- Curved expandable interbody devices and deployment tools25 Aug 2026US 12,714,572 B2Spinal Elements, Inc.
- Expandable fusion device and method of installation thereof17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272669 A1Globus Medical, Inc.
- Intervertebral spacer that dynamically promotes bone growth17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272671 A1Simply Medical, Inc.
- Scaffolds having a radiopaque marker and methods for attaching a marker to a scaffold17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272685 A1Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
- Minimally invasive spinal fusion implant systems and methods20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240661 A1Sharp Biomedical Corp.
- Molds for settable multi-component compositions and method of forming said compositions14 May 2026US 2026/0130766 A1Abyrx, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Intervertebral disc prosthesis1,635US 4,349,921 A1982
- Surgical prosthetic implant for vertebrae1,527US 5,192,327 A1993
- Prosthetic implant1,505US 4,834,757 A1989
- Intraluminal graft device, system and method1,487US 4,787,899 A1988
- Closing plug of a defect for medical use and a closing plug device utilizing it1,412US 5,192,301 ANippon Zeon Co., Ltd. · 1993