A61F 2002/30579
With mechanically expandable devices
Official title: {with mechanically expandable devices, e.g. fixation devices}
A61F2002/30579 (With mechanically expandable devices) appears on 2,490 US grants and 2,954 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 2,490
- Published applications
- 2,954
- Assignees
- 523
- Inventors
- 2,243
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 26 | 8 |
| 2002 | 20 | 36 |
| 2003 | 18 | 38 |
| 2004 | 26 | 49 |
| 2005 | 12 | 87 |
| 2006 | 25 | 85 |
| 2007 | 12 | 90 |
| 2008 | 16 | 87 |
| 2009 | 29 | 91 |
| 2010 | 71 | 99 |
| 2011 | 73 | 101 |
| 2012 | 78 | 161 |
| 2013 | 118 | 107 |
| 2014 | 117 | 166 |
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| 2016 | 159 | 173 |
| 2017 | 171 | 180 |
| 2018 | 171 | 193 |
| 2019 | 179 | 167 |
| 2020 | 144 | 140 |
| 2021 | 127 | 125 |
| 2022 | 140 | 147 |
| 2023 | 135 | 145 |
| 2024 | 141 | 127 |
| 2025 | 142 | 121 |
| 2026 | 83 | 69 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion implant6 Oct 2026US 12,751,834 B2
- Articulating expandable intervertebral implant6 Oct 2026US 12,751,835 B2Globus Medical, Inc.
- Expandable cervical interbody and instruments thereof29 Sep 2026US 12,746,129 B2Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
- Auto-locking expandable corpectomy column29 Sep 2026US 12,746,130 B2Astura Medical Inc.
- Stabilized expandable intervertebral spacer15 Sep 2026US 12,734,042 B2Globus Medical, Inc.
- Sacroiliac joint fusion implants, insertion instruments, and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306277 A1Spinal Simplicity, LLC
- Minimally Invasive Robotic Assisted Trans-Facet Lumbar Interbody Fusion1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294643 A1
- Expandable vertebral implant24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283817 A1Globus Medical, Inc.
- Devices and instruments for spinal fusion and methods24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283818 A1Combination Spine, Inc.
- Prosthetic devices17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272663 A1Stryker European Operations Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Expandable spinal implant and surgical method1,539US 5,059,193 ASpine-Tech, Inc. · 1991
- Cartilage repair apparatus and method1,489US 7,361,195 B2DePuy Products, Inc. · 2008
- Artificial spinal fusion implants1,486US 5,522,899 ASofamor Danek Properties, Inc. · 1996
- Expandable intervertebral cage and surgical method1,454US 5,665,122 A1997
- Spinal implant1,401US 4,863,476 A1989