A61F 2002/30685
Means for reducing or preventing the generation of wear particulates
Official title: {Means for reducing or preventing the generation of wear particulates}
A61F2002/30685 (Means for reducing or preventing the generation of wear particulates) appears on 270 US grants and 320 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 270
- Published applications
- 320
- Assignees
- 134
- Inventors
- 480
- Latest grant
- 17 Feb 2026
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| 1997 | 10 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 8 | 5 |
| 2002 | 12 | 17 |
| 2003 | 12 | 23 |
| 2004 | 6 | 22 |
| 2005 | 3 | 53 |
| 2006 | 8 | 25 |
| 2007 | 10 | 20 |
| 2008 | 10 | 28 |
| 2009 | 10 | 24 |
| 2010 | 23 | 12 |
| 2011 | 25 | 13 |
| 2012 | 17 | 18 |
| 2013 | 14 | 9 |
| 2014 | 13 | 8 |
| 2015 | 10 | 7 |
| 2016 | 8 | 8 |
| 2017 | 7 | 4 |
| 2018 | 4 | 2 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 6 |
| 2023 | 4 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Zonal trabecular uni-compartmental tibial plateau containing zirconium-niobium alloy on oxidation layer and preparation method thereof17 Feb 2026US 12,551,350 B2Just Medical Devices (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.
- Method for limiting diffusion of wear debris of in vivo implant1 Jul 2025US 12,343,260 B2
- Implantable interpositional orthopedic pain management6 May 2025US 12,290,448 B2Ensemble Orthopedics, Inc.
- Control of electrically driven corrosion of medical implants7 Jan 2025US 12,186,208 B2Syracuse University
- Hemi arthroplasty joint implant12 Nov 2024US 12,138,173 B2Loci Orthopaedics Limited
- Implantable interpositional orthopedic pain management30 Oct 2025US 2025/0331993 A1Ensemble Orthopedics, Inc.
- Method for limiting diffusion of wear debris of in vivo implant25 Sep 2025US 2025/0295495 A1
- Hemi arthroplasty joint implant10 Apr 2025US 2025/0114210 A1Loci Orthopaedics Limited
- Implantable interpositional orthopedic pain management14 Nov 2024US 2024/0374291 A1Ensemble Orthopedics, Inc.
- Zonal trabecular uni-compartmental tibial plateau containing zirconium-niobium alloy on oxidation layer and preparation method thereof28 Sep 2023US 2023/0301792 A1Just Medical Devices (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Intervertebral disk arthroplasty1,076US 5,258,031 ADanek Medical, Inc. · 1993
- Intervertebral disk arthroplasty device859US 5,562,738 ADanek Medical, Inc. · 1996
- Intervertebral disk arthroplasty device798US 5,425,773 ADanek Medical, Inc. · 1995
- Process for converting a metal carbide to carbon by etching in halogens566US 6,579,833 B1The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois · 2003
- Disk prosthesis for cervical vertebrae518US 6,517,580 B1Scient'x Societe a Responsabilite Limited · 2003