A61F 2002/30433
Using additional screws, bolts, dowels, rivets or washers e.g. connecting screws
Official title: {using additional screws, bolts, dowels, rivets or washers e.g. connecting screws}
A61F2002/30433 (Using additional screws, bolts, dowels, rivets or washers e.g. connecting screws) appears on 2,174 US grants and 2,274 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 2,174
- Published applications
- 2,274
- Assignees
- 589
- Inventors
- 2,500
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 41 | 65 |
| 2003 | 36 | 91 |
| 2004 | 48 | 143 |
| 2005 | 41 | 134 |
| 2006 | 55 | 71 |
| 2007 | 56 | 99 |
| 2008 | 33 | 83 |
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| 2019 | 91 | 82 |
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| 2021 | 64 | 77 |
| 2022 | 75 | 97 |
| 2023 | 78 | 92 |
| 2024 | 70 | 80 |
| 2025 | 97 | 74 |
| 2026 | 41 | 42 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Expandable intervertebral implant11 Aug 2026US 12,702,565 B2Globus Medical, Inc.
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- Expandable vertebral implant24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283817 A1Globus Medical, Inc.
- Systems and methods of retention for glenosphere17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272659 A1Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Artificial spinal fusion implants1,486US 5,522,899 ASofamor Danek Properties, Inc. · 1996
- Lordotic interbody spinal fusion implants1,389US 5,609,635 A1997
- Spinal implantation methods utilizing a middle expandable implant1,273US 5,390,683 A1995
- Integrated bone cement mixing and dispensing system1,201US 6,033,105 A2000
- Human spinal disc prosthesis1,200US 5,674,296 ASpinal Dynamics, Inc. · 1997