A61F 2002/368
With lateral apertures, bores, holes or openings
Official title: {with lateral apertures, bores, holes or openings, e.g. for reducing the mass, for receiving fixation screws or for communicating with the inside of a hollow shaft}
A61F2002/368 (With lateral apertures, bores, holes or openings) appears on 258 US grants and 181 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 258
- Published applications
- 181
- Assignees
- 92
- Inventors
- 412
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 8 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3 |
| 2003 | 4 | 9 |
| 2004 | 3 | 13 |
| 2005 | 5 | 9 |
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| 2007 | 7 | 12 |
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| 2020 | 4 | 7 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | 7 | 4 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4 |
| 2024 | 4 | 5 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Intramedullary rod assembly for cement injection system436US 4,653,487 A1987
- Anchoring element supporting prostheses or a joint mechanism for a reconstructed joint401US 5,725,581 AMedevelop AB · 1998
- Instrument assembly for lateral implant241US 7,179,259 B1Biomet Manufacturing, LLC · 2007
- Endoprosthesis device and method239US 4,892,550 A1990
- Modular intramedullary nail227US 5,620,445 A1997