A61F 2220/0008
Fixation appliances for connecting prostheses to the body
A61F2220/0008 (Fixation appliances for connecting prostheses to the body) appears on 5,109 US grants and 6,932 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Assignees
- 1,361
- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2024 | 307 | 406 |
| 2025 | 301 | 384 |
| 2026 | 178 | 217 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Surgical devices for bone6 Oct 2026US 12,751,715 B2Expand Medical Ltd.
- Valve frame for prosthetic tricuspid valve6 Oct 2026US 12,751,817 B2Sheba Impact Ltd.
- Systems and methods for heart valve leaflet repair6 Oct 2026US 12,751,818 B2Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Tapered heart valve covering6 Oct 2026US 12,751,822 B2Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Trans-septal delivery system and methods of use29 Sep 2026US 12,746,121 B2Medtronic, Inc.
- Systems for amniotic tissue ocular surface resurfacing and methods therefor8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306248 A1Restore Vision Partners, LP
- Stent features and methods to aid with apposition and alignment to native anatomy, mitigation of paravalvular leak and functional efficiency of prosthetic heart valve8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306254 A14C Medical Technologies, Inc.
- Devices and methods for the treatment of heart valve insufficiencies8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306262 A1Valcare Medical, Inc.
- Rotation control assemblies for tubes1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294462 A1Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Endoprosthesis for hepaticogastrostomy use1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294612 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Prosthesis comprising an expansible or contractile tubular body2,717US 4,655,771 AShepherd Patents S.A. · 1987
- Artificial heart valve and method and device for implanting the same2,287US 5,855,601 AThe Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · 1999
- Percutaneous placement valve stent2,220US 5,957,949 AWorld Medical Manufacturing Corporation · 1999
- Endoluminal cardiac and venous valve prostheses and methods of manufacture and delivery thereof2,213US 6,458,153 B1ABPS Venture One, Ltd. · 2002
- Implantable prosthetic valve1,995US 6,730,118 B2Percutaneous Valve Technologies, Inc. · 2004