A61F 2002/30688
Means for allowing passage or sliding of tendons or ligaments
Official title: {Means for allowing passage or sliding of tendons or ligaments}
A61F2002/30688 (Means for allowing passage or sliding of tendons or ligaments) appears on 99 US grants and 155 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 99
- Published applications
- 155
- Assignees
- 61
- Inventors
- 211
- Latest grant
- 10 Feb 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Orthopedic components10 Feb 2026US 12,544,232 B2Encore Medical, L.P.
- Prosthesis surface treatment for soft tissue attachment thereto30 Dec 2025US 12,508,133 B2Onkos Surgical, Inc.
- Implants for use in total ankle replacement23 Dec 2025US 12,502,281 B2Paragon 28, Inc.
- Orbital floor implant25 Nov 2025US 12,478,476 B2Poriferous, LLC
- Modular rotational device for torsionally stabilizing an endoprosthesis26 Aug 2025US 12,396,860 B2Onkos Surgical, Inc.
- Anisotropic Materials in Medical Devices3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256592 A1
- Orthopedic components27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248617 A1Encore Medical, L.P. (d/b/a DJO Surgical)
- Implants and methods of use and assembly in total ankle replacement30 Apr 2026US 2026/0115003 A1Paragon 28, Inc.
- Modular Rotational Device For Torsionally Stabilizing An Endoprosthesis13 Nov 2025US 2025/0345180 A1Onkos Surgical, Inc.
- Apparatus and method for joint characterization and treatment24 Jul 2025US 2025/0235320 A1Dynamic Balancer Systems LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Knee prosthesis assembly with ligament link182US 8,500,818 B2Biomet Manufacturing, LLC · 2013
- Knee prosthesis with a rotational plate158US 6,299,646 B1Tornier SAS · 2001
- Elbow prosthesis134US 6,379,387 B1Tornier SAS · 2002
- Orthopedic prosthetic implants with pyrolytic carbon or ceramic articulating surfaces125US 5,534,033 ACarbomedics, Inc. · 1996
- Method of implanting a knee prosthesis assembly with a ligament link101US 9,414,925 B2Biomet Manufacturing, LLC · 2016