A61F 2002/3208
Bipolar or multipolar joints
Official title: {Bipolar or multipolar joints, e.g. having a femoral head articulating within an intermediate acetabular shell whilst said shell articulates within the natural acetabular socket or within an artificial outer shell}
A61F2002/3208 (Bipolar or multipolar joints) appears on 190 US grants and 204 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 190
- Published applications
- 204
- Assignees
- 67
- Inventors
- 332
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2024 | 12 | 10 |
| 2025 | 2 | 9 |
| 2026 | 6 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Hip joint method18 Aug 2026US 12,708,375 B2
- Hip joint method28 Jul 2026US 12,690,975 B2
- Dual mobility acetabular implant for hip revision surgery21 Jul 2026US 12,685,643 B2Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
- Lateralized dual-mobility assembly2 Jun 2026US 12,642,662 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Hip joint device and method19 May 2026US 12,629,257 B2
- Dual mobility acetabular implant for hip revision surgery8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306265 A1Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
- Hip joint device and method3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256593 A1
- A dual mobility prothesis for implantation into the acetabulum16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199096 A1MatOrtho Limited
- Artificial hip joint prosthesis and method for mounting the same4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151236 A1Beijing Naton Medical Technology Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Hip arthroplasty implants21 May 2026US 2026/0137524 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Minimally invasive joint implant with 3-dimensional geometry matching the articular surfaces388US 7,799,077 B2ConforMIS, Inc. · 2010
- Method and apparatus for computerized surgery222US 7,338,526 B2Active Implants Corporation · 2008
- Floating center prosthetic joint218US 4,206,517 ABiomedical Engineering Corp. · 1980
- Total anatomic hip prosthesis198US 5,725,593 A1998
- Tool and method for engaging two members of a joint prosthesis196US 4,457,306 AHowmedica, Inc. · 1984