A61F 2005/0186
Thumb protectors
Official title: {Thumb protectors}
A61F2005/0186 (Thumb protectors) appears on 18 US grants and 12 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 18
- Published applications
- 12
- Assignees
- 8
- Inventors
- 30
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Carpometacarpal thumb brace18 Aug 2026US 12,708,546 B2Djo, LLC
- Thumb orthosis27 Jan 2026US 12,533,253 B2Bauerfeind AG
- Support device for manual therapy2 Dec 2025US 12,485,067 B2Pure Life Health Centre Ltd.
- Thumb orthosis and set of a plurality of thumb orthoses27 May 2025US 12,310,872 B2
- Carpometacarpal thumb brace6 Aug 2024US 12,053,407 B2Djo, LLC
- Support device for manual therapy5 Mar 2026US 2026/0060891 A1Pure Life Health Centre Ltd.
- Carpometacarpal thumb brace21 Aug 2025US 2025/0262084 A1Djo, LLC
- Carpometacarpal thumb brace22 Jun 2023US 2023/0190508 A1Djo, LLC
- Thumb orthosis20 Apr 2023US 2023/0118557 A1Bauerfeind AG
- Support device for manual therapy11 Aug 2022US 2022/0249324 A1Pure Life Health Centre Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Tubular support for enclosing a body member89US 4,084,586 A1978
- Glove-like dynamic splint and method of using same40US 4,709,694 A1987
- Glove with thumb restraint element39US 4,445,507 A1984
- Retainer for glove30US 4,787,376 A1988
- Shapeable thumb support30US 5,356,371 AWildtman Australia Pty. Limited · 1994