A61F 2002/365
Connections of heads to necks
Official title: {Connections of heads to necks}
A61F2002/365 (Connections of heads to necks) appears on 822 US grants and 720 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 822
- Published applications
- 720
- Assignees
- 270
- Inventors
- 1,302
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2025 | 20 | 20 |
| 2026 | 8 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Orthopaedic surgical instrument, system, and method for installing a cementless femoral stem component in a direct anterior approach hip replacement surgical procedure6 Oct 2026US 12,751,838 B2Depuy Ireland Unlimited Company
- Hip joint method18 Aug 2026US 12,708,375 B2
- Hip joint method28 Jul 2026US 12,690,975 B2
- Systems and methods for manufacturing orthopedic prostheses19 May 2026US 12,629,256 B2
- Hip joint device and method19 May 2026US 12,629,257 B2
- Hip joint device and method3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256593 A1
- Expandable trial femoral neck and associated method of use30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215925 A1Globus Medical, Inc.
- Artificial hip joint prosthesis and method for mounting the same4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151236 A1Beijing Naton Medical Technology Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Offset Adjustable Neck Length Trial Device and System for Hip Arthroplasty7 May 2026US 2026/0124046 A1
- Tri-taper hip stem30 Apr 2026US 2026/0115002 A1Globus Medical, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Femoral stem surgical instrument system1,106US 4,919,679 AOsteonics Corp. · 1990
- Shaped load-bearing osteoimplant and methods of making same576US 6,696,073 B2Osteotech, Inc. · 2004
- Interactive prosthesis design system for implantable prosthesis518US 5,360,446 AZimmer, Inc. · 1994
- Implantable medical device characterization system516US 5,423,334 AC. R. Bard, Inc. · 1995
- Skeletal implant350US 6,835,207 B22004