A61F 2250/0026
Differing in surface structures
Official title: differing in surface structures
A61F2250/0026 (Differing in surface structures) appears on 464 US grants and 514 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 464
- Published applications
- 514
- Assignees
- 234
- Inventors
- 913
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2001 | 13 | 6 |
| 2002 | 11 | 15 |
| 2003 | 8 | 20 |
| 2004 | 15 | 26 |
| 2005 | 8 | 27 |
| 2006 | 11 | 22 |
| 2007 | 5 | 28 |
| 2008 | 4 | 27 |
| 2009 | 13 | 17 |
| 2010 | 12 | 20 |
| 2011 | 15 | 26 |
| 2012 | 16 | 18 |
| 2013 | 15 | 20 |
| 2014 | 29 | 17 |
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| 2017 | 25 | 15 |
| 2018 | 9 | 23 |
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| 2020 | 21 | 27 |
| 2021 | 22 | 21 |
| 2022 | 10 | 19 |
| 2023 | 13 | 11 |
| 2024 | 12 | 21 |
| 2025 | 14 | 23 |
| 2026 | 7 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- A surgical device26 Mar 2026US 2026/0083543 A1
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- Aortic implants with plasma modified surface characteristics12 Feb 2026US 2026/0041544 A1Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
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By later US patents
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- Spacer assembly for use in spinal surgeries316US 6,086,613 ADepuy Acromed, Inc. · 2000
- Surgical fastener with selectively coated ridges297US 5,505,736 AAmerican Cyanamid Company · 1996
- Variable expansion force stent279US 5,836,966 ASciMed Life Systems, Inc. · 1998