A61F 2002/30359
Pyramidally- or frustopyramidally-shaped protrusion and recess
Official title: {Pyramidally- or frustopyramidally-shaped protrusion and recess}
A61F2002/30359 (Pyramidally- or frustopyramidally-shaped protrusion and recess) appears on 145 US grants and 168 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 145
- Published applications
- 168
- Assignees
- 52
- Inventors
- 233
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 4 |
| 2003 | 2 | 7 |
| 2004 | 6 | 6 |
| 2005 | 5 | 16 |
| 2006 | 7 | 10 |
| 2007 | 3 | 9 |
| 2008 | 4 | 13 |
| 2009 | 7 | 19 |
| 2010 | 7 | 12 |
| 2011 | 9 | 12 |
| 2012 | 11 | 8 |
| 2013 | 9 | 9 |
| 2014 | 11 | 9 |
| 2015 | 10 | 5 |
| 2016 | 8 | 5 |
| 2017 | 4 | 5 |
| 2018 | 6 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | 5 | 2 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 3 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Multi-piece intervertebral implants6 Oct 2026US 12,751,832 B2
- Expandable intervertebral fusion cage26 May 2026US 12,636,168 B1National Formosa University
- Minimally invasive intervertebral systems and methods6 Jan 2026US 12,514,716 B2EIT Emerging Implant Technologies GmbH
- Multi-piece intervertebral implants24 Sep 2024US 12,097,122 B2Globus Medical, Inc.
- Interbody cage11 Jun 2024US 12,004,962 B2Teijin Nakashima Medical Co., Ltd.
- Case-like device and prosthetic component equipped with such device19 Feb 2026US 2026/0047935 A1Tecres S.P.A.
- Atlantoaxial Prosthetic Joint1 Jan 2026US 2026/0000519 A1University of Cincinnati
- Multi-piece intervertebral implants9 Jan 2025US 2025/0009524 A1Globus Medical, Inc.
- Intervertebral cage apparatus and system and methods of using the same14 Mar 2024US 2024/0082014 A1EIT Emerging Implant Technologies GmbH
- Minimally invasive intervertebral systems and methods28 Sep 2023US 2023/0301799 A1EIT Emerging Implant Technologies GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Intervertebral implant1,192US 6,176,882 B1Biedermann Motech GmbH · 2001
- Intervertebral disk arthroplasty1,076US 5,258,031 ADanek Medical, Inc. · 1993
- Intervertebral disk arthroplasty device859US 5,562,738 ADanek Medical, Inc. · 1996
- Intervertebral disk arthroplasty device798US 5,425,773 ADanek Medical, Inc. · 1995
- Surgical fastener assembly296US 5,976,139 A1999