A61F 2002/30177
W-shaped, m-shaped or sigma shaped
Official title: {W-shaped, M-shaped or sigma shaped}
A61F2002/30177 (W-shaped, m-shaped or sigma shaped) appears on 46 US grants and 40 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 46
- Published applications
- 40
- Assignees
- 29
- Inventors
- 80
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 5 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Asymmetrically expandable cage4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151240 A1Highridge Medical, LLC
- Tibial trial insert system27 Jun 2024US 2024/0207069 A1Aesculap AG
- Asymmetrically expandable cage13 Jun 2024US 2024/0189112 A1Integrity Implants Inc.
- Leaflet attachment in prosthetic heart valves using buckle commissure clamps16 Feb 2023US 2023/0051890 A1Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Asymmetrically expandable cage26 May 2022US 2022/0160516 A1Integrity Implants Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical staple2,306US 4,719,917 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1988
- Apparatus for spinal fusion using implanted devices602US 6,096,080 ACortek, Inc. · 2000
- Implant for spinal fusion521US 6,241,769 B1Cortek, Inc. · 2001
- Devices and methods of vertebral disc augmentation425US 6,508,839 B1Intrinsic Orthopedics, Inc. · 2003
- Method and apparatus for spine joint replacement304US 7,090,698 B2Facet Solutions, Inc. · 2006