A61F 2002/6854
For locking or unlocking a joint
Official title: {for locking or unlocking a joint}
A61F2002/6854 (For locking or unlocking a joint) appears on 245 US grants and 259 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 245
- Published applications
- 259
- Assignees
- 142
- Inventors
- 505
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2007 | 0 | 4 |
| 2008 | 4 | 7 |
| 2009 | 2 | 9 |
| 2010 | 1 | 6 |
| 2011 | 7 | 7 |
| 2012 | 3 | 11 |
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| 2017 | 12 | 15 |
| 2018 | 9 | 22 |
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| 2020 | 20 | 15 |
| 2021 | 9 | 18 |
| 2022 | 23 | 20 |
| 2023 | 15 | 10 |
| 2024 | 14 | 17 |
| 2025 | 10 | 13 |
| 2026 | 6 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method for controlling a damping modification15 Sep 2026US 12,734,048 B2Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
- Prosthetic foot1 Sep 2026US 12,721,740 B2Ottobock SE & Co. Kgaa
- Biomedical finger assembly with ratcheting lock4 Aug 2026US 12,697,232 B2RCM Enterprise LLC
- Orthopedic joint and orthopedic device16 Jun 2026US 12,653,700 B2Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
- Prosthetic wrist12 May 2026US 12,622,792 B2
- 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
- Prosthetic devices for bone implants23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207352 A1Point Designs LLC
- Shuttle lock23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207356 A1
- Artificial knee joint, adjustment support apparatus for artificial knee joint, method of controlling artificial knee joint, and program to control artificial knee joint7 May 2026US 2026/0124049 A1Nabtesco Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Self-adjusting prosthetic ankle apparatus247US 6,443,993 B12002
- 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
- Electronically controlled prosthetic system157US 7,029,500 B22006
- Alignment device for a prosthetic limb151US 6,206,932 B12001
- Prosthetic foot with means for energy storage and release134US 6,007,582 AOrtho Europe Ltd. · 1999