A61F 2002/30934
Special articulating surfaces
Official title: {Special articulating surfaces}
A61F2002/30934 (Special articulating surfaces) appears on 612 US grants and 730 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 612
- Published applications
- 730
- Assignees
- 279
- Inventors
- 972
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 15 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 12 | 0 |
| 2000 | 13 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 3 |
| 2002 | 14 | 15 |
| 2003 | 13 | 24 |
| 2004 | 14 | 40 |
| 2005 | 8 | 49 |
| 2006 | 12 | 31 |
| 2007 | 6 | 46 |
| 2008 | 10 | 44 |
| 2009 | 20 | 37 |
| 2010 | 30 | 42 |
| 2011 | 24 | 29 |
| 2012 | 31 | 40 |
| 2013 | 39 | 41 |
| 2014 | 54 | 52 |
| 2015 | 37 | 24 |
| 2016 | 32 | 28 |
| 2017 | 39 | 32 |
| 2018 | 25 | 21 |
| 2019 | 29 | 20 |
| 2020 | 15 | 21 |
| 2021 | 18 | 16 |
| 2022 | 12 | 21 |
| 2023 | 13 | 23 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9 |
| 2025 | 11 | 16 |
| 2026 | 14 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Flexible interbody implant25 Aug 2026US 12,714,579 B2VB Spine US Opco LLC
- Metatarsal arthroplasty devices, systems, and methods16 Jun 2026US 12,653,688 B2Extremity Innovations, Inc.
- Surgically implantable joint spacer and method of use12 May 2026US 12,622,788 B1
- Metatarsal arthroplasty devices, systems, and methods5 May 2026US 12,616,579 B2Extremity Innovations, Inc.
- Metatarsal arthroplasty devices, systems, and methods28 Apr 2026US 12,611,311 B2Extremity Innovations, Inc.
- Metal-reinforced polymer femoral component of an orthopaedic knee prosthesis and associated method of making the same16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199097 A1Depuy Ireland Unlimited Company
- Rotary Arc Patella Articulating Geometry9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191653 A1Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
- Talar implant14 May 2026US 2026/0130768 A1Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
- Joint implant, preoperative planning process and arthroplasty method26 Mar 2026US 2026/0083567 A1
- Metallic orthopaedic implant and method of making the same19 Mar 2026US 2026/0076801 A1DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Articulating spinal implant815US 6,019,792 ACauthen Research Group, Inc. · 2000
- Multiple axis intervertebral prosthesis666US 6,146,421 AGordon, Maya, Roberts and Thomas, Number 1, LLC · 2000
- Intervertebral prosthetic joint551US 6,740,118 B2SDGI Holdings, Inc. · 2004
- Knee arthroplasty method480US 7,806,896 B1Marctec, LLC · 2010
- Articulating spinal implant479US 6,179,874 B2Cauthen Research Group, Inc. · 2001