A61F 2002/30841
Sharp anchoring protrusions for impaction into the bone
Official title: {Sharp anchoring protrusions for impaction into the bone, e.g. sharp pins, spikes}
A61F2002/30841 (Sharp anchoring protrusions for impaction into the bone) appears on 3,108 US grants and 3,744 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 3,108
- Published applications
- 3,744
- Assignees
- 727
- Inventors
- 3,137
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2025 | 129 | 103 |
| 2026 | 71 | 58 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Bone cap8 Sep 2026US 12,728,007 B2University of Utah Research Foundation
- Surgical implant devices incorporating porous surfaces and associated method of manufacture1 Sep 2026US 12,721,729 B2Kyocera Medical Technologies, Inc.
- Spinal implant with ball and socket joint having multiple radius tear shaped geometry1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294486 A1Spinal Simplicity, LLC
- Intervertebral Disc Replacement Implant And Methods Of Use24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283815 A1
- Expandable vertebral implant24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283817 A1Globus Medical, Inc.
- Devices and instruments for spinal fusion and methods24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283818 A1Combination Spine, Inc.
- Bone anchors and screws10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263062 A1Nanohive Medical LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Prosthetic implant1,505US 4,834,757 A1989
- Artificial spinal fusion implants1,486US 5,522,899 ASofamor Danek Properties, Inc. · 1996
- Expandable intervertebral cage and surgical method1,454US 5,665,122 A1997
- Lordotic interbody spinal fusion implants1,389US 5,609,635 A1997
- Unitary surgical device and method1,255US 7,163,563 B2DePuy Products, Inc. · 2007