A61F 2002/30879
Ribs
Official title: {Ribs}
A61F2002/30879 (Ribs) appears on 1,161 US grants and 1,229 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 1,161
- Published applications
- 1,229
- Assignees
- 395
- Inventors
- 1,577
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 9 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 20 | 0 |
| 1997 | 28 | 0 |
| 1998 | 30 | 0 |
| 1999 | 22 | 0 |
| 2000 | 25 | 0 |
| 2001 | 40 | 17 |
| 2002 | 32 | 54 |
| 2003 | 41 | 69 |
| 2004 | 41 | 63 |
| 2005 | 25 | 80 |
| 2006 | 24 | 45 |
| 2007 | 30 | 56 |
| 2008 | 10 | 51 |
| 2009 | 45 | 60 |
| 2010 | 43 | 53 |
| 2011 | 42 | 49 |
| 2012 | 53 | 63 |
| 2013 | 51 | 42 |
| 2014 | 51 | 56 |
| 2015 | 40 | 33 |
| 2016 | 37 | 39 |
| 2017 | 49 | 44 |
| 2018 | 35 | 56 |
| 2019 | 48 | 42 |
| 2020 | 38 | 51 |
| 2021 | 31 | 44 |
| 2022 | 37 | 39 |
| 2023 | 30 | 35 |
| 2024 | 29 | 47 |
| 2025 | 36 | 29 |
| 2026 | 16 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Bone cap8 Sep 2026US 12,728,007 B2University of Utah Research Foundation
- Implant18 Aug 2026US 12,708,516 B2Aurora Medical Limited
- Systems and methods for knee arthroplasty11 Aug 2026US 12,702,562 B2Globus Medical, Inc.
- Metatarsal arthroplasty devices, systems, and methods16 Jun 2026US 12,653,688 B2Extremity Innovations, Inc.
- Device and method for producing spacers2 Jun 2026US 12,642,660 B2Heraeus Medical GmbH
- Anisotropic Materials in Medical Devices3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256592 A1
- Orthopedic implant for multi-fragmentary fracture of radial head of radius bone and method of implanting the orthopedic implant20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240575 A1
- Prosthetic implants including a frame for fixation to bone and related methods9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191649 A1Depuy Ireland Unlimited Company
- Attachment plates and implants for penile construction30 Apr 2026US 2026/0115001 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Interbody spacer and bone plate assembly12 Mar 2026US 2026/0069430 A1Elevation Spine, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Expandable spinal implant and surgical method1,539US 5,059,193 ASpine-Tech, Inc. · 1991
- Devices and methods for treating defects in the tissue of a living being1,347US 7,166,133 B2Kensey Nash Corporation · 2007
- Attachment of absorbable tissue scaffolds to fixation devices1,302US 6,989,034 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2006
- Intervertebral disk arthroplasty1,076US 5,258,031 ADanek Medical, Inc. · 1993
- Spine disc1,037US 5,534,030 AAcroMed Corporation · 1996