A61F 2002/30673
Lubricating means
Official title: {Lubricating means, e.g. synovial pocket}
A61F2002/30673 (Lubricating means) appears on 290 US grants and 348 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 290
- Published applications
- 348
- Assignees
- 125
- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2005 | 9 | 26 |
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| 2024 | 8 | 7 |
| 2025 | 4 | 13 |
| 2026 | 7 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Hip joint device and method19 May 2026US 12,629,257 B2
- Extra-articular implantable mechanical energy absorbing systems24 Feb 2026US 12,558,226 B2Moximed, Inc.
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