A61F 2002/30777
Oblong apertures
Official title: {Oblong apertures}
A61F2002/30777 (Oblong apertures) appears on 1,252 US grants and 1,312 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 1,252
- Published applications
- 1,312
- Assignees
- 358
- Inventors
- 1,476
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 16 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Bone fusion device, apparatus and method1 Sep 2026US 12,721,735 B1Neuropro Technologies, Inc.
- System for implanting a spinal fusion implant and related methods16 Jun 2026US 12,653,690 B2Globus Medical, Inc.
- Apparatus, systems, and methods for the fixation or fusion of bone26 May 2026US 12,636,165 B2SI-Bone Inc.
- Arthritis Plate24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283814 A1Medline Industries, Inc.
- Expandable fusion device and method of installation thereof17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272669 A1Globus Medical, Inc.
- System and method for a medical implant with integrated propulsors13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232459 A1
- Parallel jaw inserter18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165852 A1Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
- Artificial hip joint prosthesis and method for mounting the same4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151236 A1Beijing Naton Medical Technology Holdings Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical prosthetic implant for vertebrae1,527US 5,192,327 A1993
- Artificial spinal fusion implants1,486US 5,522,899 ASofamor Danek Properties, Inc. · 1996
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- Spinal implantation methods utilizing a middle expandable implant1,273US 5,390,683 A1995
- Intersomatic vertebral cage1,224US 5,554,191 ABiomat · 1996