A61F 2002/3487
Partial acetabular cups
Official title: {Partial acetabular cups, e.g. strips replacing only partially the natural acetabular cartilage}
A61F2002/3487 (Partial acetabular cups) appears on 50 US grants and 74 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 50
- Published applications
- 74
- Assignees
- 14
- Inventors
- 115
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2012 | 0 | 19 |
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| 2014 | 5 | 2 |
| 2015 | 4 | 6 |
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| 2020 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 | 8 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 4 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 5 |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Prosthesis and methods for subtotal dome arthroplasty of the hip joint132US 5,127,920 A1992
- Acetabular cup for a total hip prosthesis72US 5,609,646 AHowmedica International Inc. · 1997
- Endoprosthesis of the body of the innominate bone70US 4,298,993 A1981
- Implant components and methods38US 8,700,198 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc. · 2014
- Implant for strengthening the edge of a hip bone32US 4,959,072 AProtek AG · 1990