A61F 2002/30378
Spherically-shaped protrusion and recess
Official title: {Spherically-shaped protrusion and recess}
A61F2002/30378 (Spherically-shaped protrusion and recess) appears on 399 US grants and 447 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 399
- Published applications
- 447
- Assignees
- 149
- Inventors
- 511
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
Filings by year
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| 2001 | 8 | 1 |
| 2002 | 5 | 6 |
| 2003 | 6 | 20 |
| 2004 | 10 | 34 |
| 2005 | 5 | 15 |
| 2006 | 19 | 27 |
| 2007 | 11 | 20 |
| 2008 | 3 | 9 |
| 2009 | 11 | 16 |
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| 2014 | 33 | 26 |
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| 2017 | 23 | 27 |
| 2018 | 20 | 15 |
| 2019 | 18 | 19 |
| 2020 | 10 | 13 |
| 2021 | 15 | 20 |
| 2022 | 17 | 13 |
| 2023 | 8 | 9 |
| 2024 | 11 | 17 |
| 2025 | 10 | 11 |
| 2026 | 3 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- System and method for navigating and illustrating a procedure16 Dec 2025US 12,499,540 B2Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
- Components for Use in a Universal Shoulder Prosthesis System20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240659 A1Raphael S.F. Longobardi, LLC
- Intervertebral disc implants having offset center of rotation9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191655 A1Centinel Spine, Inc.
- Intervertebral disc implants with varying cup and dome geometries11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157857 A1Centinel Spine, Inc.
- Artificial hip joint prosthesis and method for mounting the same4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151236 A1Beijing Naton Medical Technology Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Intervertebral implant and device for inserting an intervertebral implant21 May 2026US 2026/0137527 A1Biedermann Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
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By later US patents
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- Threaded polyaxial locking screw plate assembly679US 5,607,426 AFastenletix, L.L.C. · 1997
- Polyaxial pedicle screw660US 5,669,911 AFastenetix, LLC · 1997
- Anterior spinal polyaxial locking screw plate assembly having recessed retaining rings644US 5,876,402 A1999
- Polyaxial pedicle screw624US 5,690,630 AFastenetix, LLC · 1997