A61F 2002/30471
Connected by a hinged linkage mechanism
Official title: {connected by a hinged linkage mechanism, e.g. of the single-bar or multi-bar linkage type}
A61F2002/30471 (Connected by a hinged linkage mechanism) appears on 1,213 US grants and 1,600 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 1,213
- Published applications
- 1,600
- Assignees
- 325
- Inventors
- 1,323
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 5 |
| 2004 | 1 | 18 |
| 2005 | 6 | 35 |
| 2006 | 1 | 47 |
| 2007 | 6 | 47 |
| 2008 | 7 | 67 |
| 2009 | 10 | 47 |
| 2010 | 34 | 41 |
| 2011 | 32 | 36 |
| 2012 | 65 | 92 |
| 2013 | 51 | 65 |
| 2014 | 70 | 77 |
| 2015 | 65 | 69 |
| 2016 | 77 | 107 |
| 2017 | 77 | 95 |
| 2018 | 92 | 106 |
| 2019 | 84 | 103 |
| 2020 | 81 | 75 |
| 2021 | 74 | 88 |
| 2022 | 80 | 82 |
| 2023 | 76 | 85 |
| 2024 | 80 | 86 |
| 2025 | 83 | 77 |
| 2026 | 49 | 47 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Intervertebral space shape conforming cage device1,067US 5,653,763 AFastenetix, LLC · 1997
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- Spinal fusion implant and method of insertion thereof1,008US 5,782,832 ASurgical Dynamics, Inc. · 1998
- Apparatus for fusion of adjacent bone structures953US 6,190,414 B1Surgical Dynamics, Inc. · 2001
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