A61F 2002/30639
Having rolling elements between both articulating surfaces
Official title: {having rolling elements between both articulating surfaces}
A61F2002/30639 (Having rolling elements between both articulating surfaces) appears on 124 US grants and 144 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 124
- Published applications
- 144
- Assignees
- 53
- Inventors
- 157
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2026 | 3 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Facet joint replacement device and methods of use25 Aug 2026US 12,714,475 B2Facet Dynamics, Inc.
- Implant18 Aug 2026US 12,708,516 B2Aurora Medical Limited
- Systems and methods for patient-specific total disc replacement31 Mar 2026US 12,589,004 B2Nexus TDR, Inc.
- Medical device employing a coaxial screw gear sleeve mechanism16 Dec 2025US 12,496,197 B2SpineX Tec, LLC
- Mobile bearing prosthetic implant system8 Apr 2025US 12,268,605 B2
- Medical device employing a coaxial screw gear sleeve mechanism12 Mar 2026US 2026/0069428 A1SpineX Tec, LLC
- Stemless shoulder implant5 Feb 2026US 2026/0033956 A1Zimmer, Inc.
- Constrained prosthetic knee31 Jul 2025US 2025/0241760 A1Zimmer, Inc.
- Facet joint replacement device and methods of use12 Jun 2025US 2025/0186092 A1Facet Dynamics, Inc.
- Constrained prosthetic knee27 Jun 2024US 2024/0207057 A1Zimmer, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Intervertebral disc endoprosthesis1,035US 5,401,269 AWaldemar Link GmbH & Co. KG · 1995
- Collapsible, rotatable and expandable spinal hydraulic prosthetic device1,011US 6,375,682 B12002
- Intervertebral disc endoprosthesis999US 4,759,766 AHumboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin · 1988
- Intervertebral disc endoprosthesis942US 5,556,431 A1996
- Surgical instrument set764US 4,997,432 AWaldemar Link GmbH & Co. KG · 1991