A61F 2002/30133
Kidney-shaped or bean-shaped
Official title: {kidney-shaped or bean-shaped}
A61F2002/30133 (Kidney-shaped or bean-shaped) appears on 814 US grants and 1,024 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 814
- Published applications
- 1,024
- Assignees
- 264
- Inventors
- 1,041
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 16 | 0 |
| 2001 | 17 | 15 |
| 2002 | 17 | 29 |
| 2003 | 27 | 48 |
| 2004 | 22 | 83 |
| 2005 | 22 | 87 |
| 2006 | 29 | 70 |
| 2007 | 34 | 76 |
| 2008 | 23 | 91 |
| 2009 | 31 | 40 |
| 2010 | 42 | 45 |
| 2011 | 51 | 51 |
| 2012 | 39 | 54 |
| 2013 | 73 | 39 |
| 2014 | 38 | 35 |
| 2015 | 37 | 25 |
| 2016 | 38 | 31 |
| 2017 | 38 | 27 |
| 2018 | 24 | 23 |
| 2019 | 27 | 34 |
| 2020 | 22 | 21 |
| 2021 | 21 | 16 |
| 2022 | 24 | 31 |
| 2023 | 16 | 20 |
| 2024 | 21 | 17 |
| 2025 | 16 | 14 |
| 2026 | 5 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Vertebral body replacement and insertion device19 Mar 2026US 2026/0076805 A1
- Porous interbodies26 Feb 2026US 2026/0053633 A1
- Expandable spinal implant system and method of using same11 Dec 2025US 2025/0375304 A1Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
- Surgical instrument and method6 Nov 2025US 2025/0339290 A1Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
- Steerable implant assembly9 Oct 2025US 2025/0312167 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Prosthetic intervertebral devices1,296US 5,514,180 A1996
- Low wear artificial spinal disc1,173US 5,676,701 ASmith & Nephew, Inc. · 1997
- Artificial disc1,102US 5,071,437 AAcroMed Corporation · 1991
- Spine disc1,037US 5,534,030 AAcroMed Corporation · 1996
- Synthetic intervertebral disc prosthesis1,020US 4,863,477 A1989