A61F 2002/5096
Ball-and-socket joints
Official title: {Ball-and-socket joints}
A61F2002/5096 (Ball-and-socket joints) appears on 36 US grants and 42 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 36
- Published applications
- 42
- Assignees
- 28
- Inventors
- 116
- Latest grant
- 23 Sep 2025
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| 2016 | 2 | 5 |
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| 2023 | 3 | 4 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Orthopedic system and method of controlling the same23 Sep 2025US 12,419,800 B2Vispalexo Inc.
- Gripping device2 Apr 2024US 11,944,555 B2Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
- Prosthetic disc for intervertebral insertion3 Oct 2023US 11,771,565 B2Simplify Medical Pty Ltd
- Prosthetic wrist13 Jun 2023US 11,672,675 B2Victoria Hand Project
- Prosthetic leg comprising three-dimensionally printed elements21 Mar 2023US 11,607,324 B2
- Reinforced prosthetic device3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256600 A1Quorum Orthopedics, Inc.
- Orthopedic system and method of controlling the same18 Sep 2025US 2025/0288481 A1Vispalexo Inc.
- External fixation assembly for post-amputation prosthesis15 May 2025US 2025/0152385 A1
- Knee Adapter for Connecting an Endoprosthesis to an Exoprosthesis25 Jul 2024US 2024/0245533 A1Back to Mobility GmbH
- Automated anthropometry measurement system for designing improved prosthetics2 Nov 2023US 2023/0346575 A1Qatar University
Most cited
By later US patents
- Prosthetic, orthotic, and other rehabilitative robotic assistive devices actuated by smart materials195US 6,379,393 B1Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · 2002
- Parallel linkage and artificial joint device using the same127US 7,118,601 B2Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 2006
- Prosthetic foot120US 5,116,384 ASyncor, Ltd. · 1992
- Artificial ankle joint and prosthetic devices formed therewith81US 6,436,149 B12002
- Biomechanical ankle65US 5,030,239 ACopes, Inc. · 1991