A61F 2002/4271
Carpal bones
Official title: {Carpal bones}
A61F2002/4271 (Carpal bones) appears on 89 US grants and 95 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 89
- Published applications
- 95
- Assignees
- 64
- Inventors
- 218
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 5 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 0 | 7 |
| 2007 | 1 | 4 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 6 |
| 2011 | 1 | 4 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 |
| 2014 | 3 | 9 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4 |
| 2017 | 2 | 7 |
| 2018 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019 | 4 | 6 |
| 2020 | 2 | 6 |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 |
| 2022 | 2 | 6 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 4 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Implant for fusing at least two bone components and method of fusing bone components using the implant29 Sep 2026US 12,746,126 B2TriMed, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for joint replacement arthroplasty19 May 2026US 12,629,259 B2Fibioseq Medical Ltd.
- Suturing procedure10 Mar 2026US 12,569,239 B1Loci Orthopaedics Limited
- Interosseous coupler27 Jan 2026US 12,533,167 B2New York Society for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled, Maintaining the Hospital for Special Surgery
- Wrist arthroplasty system and method15 Apr 2025US 12,274,625 B2Acumed LLC
- Method and apparatus for joint replacement arthroplasty10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263231 A1Fibioseq Medical Ltd.
- Conversion of joint implants3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256595 A1Loci Orthopaedics Limited
- Interosseous coupler16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198976 A1New York Society for Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled, Maintaining the Hospital for Special Surge
- Implantable trapezium prosthetic and methodology for treatment of arthritis in the thumb cmc joint20 Feb 2025US 2025/0057545 A1
- Wrist arthroplasty system and method17 Aug 2023US 2023/0255785 A1Acumed LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Osteogenic implants derived from bone1,550US 6,863,694 B1Osteotech, Inc. · 2005
- Process for converting a metal carbide to carbon by etching in halogens566US 6,579,833 B1The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois · 2003
- Prosthetic articular cartilage521US 5,306,311 AReGen Corporation · 1994
- Prosthetic articular cartilage391US 5,624,463 AReGen Biologics, Inc. · 1997
- Prosthetic meniscus368US 4,880,429 A1989