A61F 2002/3241
Having a ring
Official title: {having a ring, e.g. for locking the femoral head into the acetabular cup}
A61F2002/3241 (Having a ring) appears on 249 US grants and 185 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 249
- Published applications
- 185
- Assignees
- 85
- Inventors
- 388
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 1 |
| 2002 | 8 | 1 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3 |
| 2004 | 4 | 7 |
| 2005 | 2 | 8 |
| 2006 | 5 | 9 |
| 2007 | 6 | 6 |
| 2008 | 1 | 7 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3 |
| 2010 | 5 | 7 |
| 2011 | 9 | 8 |
| 2012 | 6 | 25 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 |
| 2014 | 8 | 4 |
| 2015 | 9 | 7 |
| 2016 | 9 | 13 |
| 2017 | 6 | 4 |
| 2018 | 7 | 7 |
| 2019 | 6 | 6 |
| 2020 | 5 | 8 |
| 2021 | 12 | 13 |
| 2022 | 7 | 10 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 7 | 6 |
| 2025 | 4 | 9 |
| 2026 | 5 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Hip joint device and method3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256593 A1
- Bipolar prostheses subassembly and bipolar prostheses assembly6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224368 A1Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
- Hip Joint23 Apr 2026US 2026/0108356 A1
- Modular Acetabular Cup System29 Jan 2026US 2026/0026946 A1RR Medical Pty Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Prosthetic hip joint having sintered polycrystalline diamond compact articulation surfaces277US 6,290,726 B1Diamicron, Inc. · 2001
- Diamond-surfaced cup for use in a prosthetic joint262US 6,488,715 B1Diamicron, Inc. · 2002
- Instrument for holding an acetabular cup215US 5,658,294 ASulzer Orthopedics Inc. · 1997
- Prosthetic hip joint having a polycrystalline diamond compact articulation surface and a counter bearing surface213US 6,517,583 B1Diamicron, Inc. · 2003
- Total anatomic hip prosthesis198US 5,725,593 A1998