A61F 2002/30477
Using sharp protrusions
Official title: {using sharp protrusions, e.g. spikes, for anchoring into connecting prosthetic part}
A61F2002/30477 (Using sharp protrusions) appears on 133 US grants and 150 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 133
- Published applications
- 150
- Assignees
- 62
- Inventors
- 226
- Latest grant
- 19 May 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Implant19 May 2026US 12,629,261 B1Industrial Technology Research Institute
- Expandable fusion device with integrated deployable retention spikes31 Mar 2026US 12,589,009 B2Globus Medical, Inc.
- Interbody fusion devices, systems and methods17 Mar 2026US 12,575,944 B2Raed M. Ali, M.D., Inc.
- Devices and methods for bone harvesting24 Feb 2026US 12,558,223 B2Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
- Vertebral implant system and methods of use9 Dec 2025US 12,491,078 B2Foundation Surgical Group, Inc.
- Intervertebral fusion cage with biomimetic trabecular bone and fully porous structure manufactured by additive manufacturing13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232457 A1Shenzhen Dazhou Medical Technology Co., Ltd.
- Devices and methods for bone harvesting4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151233 A1Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
- Vertebral implant system and methods of use26 Mar 2026US 2026/0083569 A1Foundation Surgical Group, Inc.
- Locking mechanism for joining bones and related method28 Aug 2025US 2025/0268721 A1Beacon Biomedical, LLC
- Expandable interspinous-interlaminar stabilization systems and methods7 Aug 2025US 2025/0248702 A1FloSpine, LLC
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