A61F 2002/5072
Having spring elements
Official title: {having spring elements}
A61F2002/5072 (Having spring elements) appears on 534 US grants and 548 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 548
- Assignees
- 202
- Inventors
- 850
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
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| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 7 | 0 |
| 2002 | 9 | 7 |
| 2003 | 6 | 9 |
| 2004 | 7 | 10 |
| 2005 | 9 | 16 |
| 2006 | 9 | 17 |
| 2007 | 6 | 16 |
| 2008 | 8 | 10 |
| 2009 | 9 | 12 |
| 2010 | 10 | 21 |
| 2011 | 11 | 21 |
| 2012 | 10 | 14 |
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| 2019 | 32 | 35 |
| 2020 | 30 | 21 |
| 2021 | 31 | 46 |
| 2022 | 30 | 33 |
| 2023 | 25 | 29 |
| 2024 | 29 | 15 |
| 2025 | 19 | 25 |
| 2026 | 12 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Biomedical finger assembly with ratcheting lock4 Aug 2026US 12,697,232 B2RCM Enterprise LLC
- Automated hand21 Jul 2026US 12,685,652 B2Taska Prosthetics Limited
- Automated hand14 Jul 2026US 12,678,302 B2Taska Prosthetics Limited
- Powered exoskeleton with torque-sensitive actuation7 Jul 2026US 12,672,968 B1University of Utah Research Foundation
- Methods of making vavlular devices23 Jun 2026US 12,661,221 B2Vactronix Scientific, LLC
- Powered prosthesis with torque-sensitive actuation17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272681 A1University of Utah Research Foundation
- Improved mechanical joints that include a compact, bypassable, single-spring or nested-spring wrap-spring clutch20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240666 A1
- Hand orthosis or hand prosthesis, and system consisting of a hand orthosis or hand prothesis and counter element20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240674 A1Ottobock SE & Co. Kgaa
- Foot and ankle prosthesis30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215936 A1Universidad Autonoma Del Estado De Mexico
- Prosthetic devices for bone implants23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207352 A1Point Designs LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Shoe and foot prosthesis with bending beam spring structures186US 6,029,374 A2000
- Method and apparatus for making prosthetic socket preforms, prosthetic sockets, and socket attachment component170US 5,376,129 ABoard of Regents, The University of Texas System · 1994
- System and method for motion-controlled foot unit169US 7,431,737 B2Ossur Hf · 2008
- Shoe and foot prosthesis with bending beam spring structures168US 5,701,686 A1997
- Computer controlled hydraulic resistance device for a prosthesis and other apparatus167US 6,113,642 AMauch, Inc. · 2000