A61F 2240/00
Manufacturing or designing of prostheses classified in groups a61f2/00 - a61f2/26 or
Official title: Manufacturing or designing of prostheses classified in groups A61F2/00 - A61F2/26 or A61F2/82 or A61F9/00 or A61F11/00 or subgroups thereof
A61F2240/00 (Manufacturing or designing of prostheses classified in groups a61f2/00 - a61f2/26 or) appears on 3,109 US grants and 4,298 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 3,109
- Published applications
- 4,298
- Assignees
- 1,522
- Inventors
- 6,382
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 47 | 0 |
| 1998 | 57 | 0 |
| 1999 | 40 | 0 |
| 2000 | 41 | 0 |
| 2001 | 30 | 20 |
| 2002 | 47 | 55 |
| 2003 | 38 | 47 |
| 2004 | 35 | 56 |
| 2005 | 23 | 43 |
| 2006 | 29 | 56 |
| 2007 | 15 | 57 |
| 2008 | 14 | 59 |
| 2009 | 18 | 71 |
| 2010 | 38 | 97 |
| 2011 | 49 | 117 |
| 2012 | 90 | 123 |
| 2013 | 68 | 135 |
| 2014 | 103 | 187 |
| 2015 | 127 | 253 |
| 2016 | 136 | 275 |
| 2017 | 198 | 306 |
| 2018 | 187 | 250 |
| 2019 | 220 | 296 |
| 2020 | 246 | 343 |
| 2021 | 218 | 281 |
| 2022 | 218 | 287 |
| 2023 | 199 | 245 |
| 2024 | 198 | 232 |
| 2025 | 190 | 233 |
| 2026 | 112 | 174 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Medical device for introducing into a bodily hollow viscus, medical set, and production method6 Oct 2026US 12,751,812 B2Acandis GmbH & Co. KG
- Corneal implant systems and methods6 Oct 2026US 12,751,813 B2Allotex, Inc.
- Controlled tubing expansion and surface engineering6 Oct 2026US 12,752,470 B1Zeus Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for making encapsulated hourglass shaped stents29 Sep 2026US 12,746,110 B2V-Wave Ltd.
- Anti-migration stent29 Sep 2026US 12,746,134 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Methods and systems for remote distance printing8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306236 A1
- Prosthetic Surgical Sling8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306237 A1
- Soft tissue mesh envelope device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306245 A1
- Colored Ophthalmological Implant and Method of Manufacturing a Colored Ophthalmological Implant8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306246 A1Ziemer Ophthalmic Systems AG
- Systems and methods for custom 3d printing of prosthetic eyes with enhanced functional and aesthetic features8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306247 A1Atheneum Optical Sciences, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Stent, stent graft and stent valve1,313US 6,245,102 B1Iowa-India Investments Company Limited · 2001
- Multi-phase bioerodible implant/carrier and method of manufacturing and using same1,271US 5,607,474 ABoard of Regents, The University of Texas System · 1997
- Stent valve and stent graft for percutaneous surgery1,267US 5,855,597 AIowa-India Investments Company Limited · 1999
- Use of reinforced foam implants with enhanced integrity for soft tissue repair and regeneration1,231US 6,884,428 B2DePuy Mitek, LLC · 2005
- Prosthesis for replacement of cartilage1,194US 9,168,144 B22015