A61F 2002/30515
Using a locking wedge or block
Official title: {using a locking wedge or block}
A61F2002/30515 (Using a locking wedge or block) appears on 464 US grants and 568 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 464
- Published applications
- 568
- Assignees
- 142
- Inventors
- 506
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2001 | 5 | 6 |
| 2002 | 2 | 5 |
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| 2004 | 8 | 10 |
| 2005 | 2 | 30 |
| 2006 | 6 | 17 |
| 2007 | 5 | 7 |
| 2008 | 3 | 13 |
| 2009 | 7 | 4 |
| 2010 | 11 | 9 |
| 2011 | 7 | 11 |
| 2012 | 13 | 28 |
| 2013 | 8 | 8 |
| 2014 | 18 | 17 |
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| 2019 | 36 | 34 |
| 2020 | 30 | 27 |
| 2021 | 31 | 37 |
| 2022 | 36 | 37 |
| 2023 | 26 | 37 |
| 2024 | 38 | 38 |
| 2025 | 54 | 37 |
| 2026 | 12 | 24 |
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 implant1,192US 6,176,882 B1Biedermann Motech GmbH · 2001
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- Spinal fusion implant and method of insertion thereof1,008US 5,782,832 ASurgical Dynamics, Inc. · 1998