A61F 2002/4666
For measuring force, pressure or mechanical tension
Official title: {for measuring force, pressure or mechanical tension}
A61F2002/4666 (For measuring force, pressure or mechanical tension) appears on 537 US grants and 736 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 537
- Published applications
- 736
- Assignees
- 181
- Inventors
- 825
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 2 |
| 2002 | 5 | 6 |
| 2003 | 6 | 8 |
| 2004 | 5 | 21 |
| 2005 | 2 | 19 |
| 2006 | 3 | 22 |
| 2007 | 6 | 21 |
| 2008 | 8 | 17 |
| 2009 | 9 | 18 |
| 2010 | 20 | 28 |
| 2011 | 14 | 18 |
| 2012 | 17 | 23 |
| 2013 | 21 | 42 |
| 2014 | 26 | 20 |
| 2015 | 20 | 26 |
| 2016 | 20 | 24 |
| 2017 | 26 | 48 |
| 2018 | 21 | 37 |
| 2019 | 34 | 44 |
| 2020 | 39 | 46 |
| 2021 | 29 | 34 |
| 2022 | 36 | 45 |
| 2023 | 40 | 55 |
| 2024 | 35 | 40 |
| 2025 | 35 | 40 |
| 2026 | 32 | 32 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Assembly for use in knee surgery6 Oct 2026US 12,751,723 B2Eventum Orthopaedics Limited
- Sensor enabled interbody implants and methods for manufacturing same6 Oct 2026US 12,751,833 B2Nanohive Medical LLC
- Method for designing a joint prosthesis1 Sep 2026US 12,721,730 B2Prometheus Regeneration R&D Limited
- Multi-piece implantable joint prosthesis1 Sep 2026US 12,721,737 B1Canary Medical Inc.
- Knee arthroplasty instrument with sensing capability25 Aug 2026US 12,714,444 B2Orthosoft Ulc
- Interbody fusion system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306272 A1Globus Medical, Inc.
- Sensor enabled interbody implants and methods for manufacturing same17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272667 A1Nanohive Medical LLC
- System for identifying positions of an artificial tibial component during total knee arthroplasty17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272676 A1Knimble Designs, Inc.
- Multi-piece implantable joint prosthesis17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272678 A1Canary Medical Inc.
- Multi-piece implantable joint prosthesis17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272679 A1Canary Medical Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Remotely powered and remotely interrogated wireless digital sensor telemetry system1,600US 7,256,695 B2Microstrain, Inc. · 2007
- Device and method for enabling an orthopedic tool for parameter measurement1,075US 8,911,448 B2Orthosensor Inc. · 2014
- Miniature implanted orthopedic sensors845US 6,447,448 B1Ball Semiconductor, Inc. · 2002
- Tissue distraction device740US 6,595,998 B2SpineWave, Inc. · 2003
- Six degree of freedom alignment display for medical procedures671US 7,660,623 B2Medtronic Navigation, Inc. · 2010