A61F 2002/30772
Apertures or holes
Official title: {Apertures or holes, e.g. of circular cross section}
A61F2002/30772 (Apertures or holes) appears on 5,276 US grants and 5,943 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 5,276
- Published applications
- 5,943
- Assignees
- 1,215
- Inventors
- 5,553
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 8 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 13 | 0 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 14 | 0 |
| 1990 | 28 | 0 |
| 1991 | 21 | 0 |
| 1992 | 22 | 0 |
| 1993 | 13 | 0 |
| 1994 | 32 | 0 |
| 1995 | 26 | 0 |
| 1996 | 48 | 0 |
| 1997 | 72 | 0 |
| 1998 | 62 | 0 |
| 1999 | 102 | 0 |
| 2000 | 111 | 0 |
| 2001 | 118 | 49 |
| 2002 | 112 | 189 |
| 2003 | 127 | 241 |
| 2004 | 136 | 297 |
| 2005 | 98 | 301 |
| 2006 | 128 | 223 |
| 2007 | 126 | 250 |
| 2008 | 56 | 198 |
| 2009 | 132 | 198 |
| 2010 | 172 | 209 |
| 2011 | 197 | 227 |
| 2012 | 212 | 285 |
| 2013 | 259 | 251 |
| 2014 | 228 | 306 |
| 2015 | 230 | 217 |
| 2016 | 265 | 260 |
| 2017 | 261 | 253 |
| 2018 | 239 | 274 |
| 2019 | 236 | 257 |
| 2020 | 219 | 234 |
| 2021 | 192 | 252 |
| 2022 | 188 | 254 |
| 2023 | 200 | 232 |
| 2024 | 213 | 208 |
| 2025 | 204 | 179 |
| 2026 | 109 | 99 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Multi-piece intervertebral implants6 Oct 2026US 12,751,832 B2
- Articulating expandable intervertebral implant6 Oct 2026US 12,751,835 B2Globus Medical, Inc.
- Interfixated vertebral body replacement and insertion methods6 Oct 2026US 12,751,837 B2NuVasive, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for performing spine surgery29 Sep 2026US 12,745,997 B2NuVasive, Inc.
- Implant for fusing at least two bone components and method of fusing bone components using the implant29 Sep 2026US 12,746,126 B2TriMed, Inc.
- Dual mobility acetabular implant for hip revision surgery8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306265 A1Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
- Sacroiliac joint fusion implants, insertion instruments, and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306277 A1Spinal Simplicity, LLC
- Spinal implant with ball and socket joint having multiple radius tear shaped geometry1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294486 A1Spinal Simplicity, LLC
- Medical implant with compressible joint1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294631 A1Waldemar Link GmbH & Co. KG
- Anterior lumbar cage and inserter device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294633 A1Zavation Medical Products, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Porous tissue scaffoldings for the repair of regeneration of tissue1,754US 6,333,029 B1Ethicon, Inc. · 2001
- Osteogenic implants derived from bone1,550US 6,863,694 B1Osteotech, Inc. · 2005
- Foam composite for the repair or regeneration of tissue1,549US 6,306,424 B1Ethicon, Inc. · 2001
- Surgical prosthetic implant for vertebrae1,527US 5,192,327 A1993
- Threaded spinal implant1,511US 5,015,247 A1991