A61F 2310/00317
Containing silicon nitride
Official title: containing silicon nitride
A61F2310/00317 (Containing silicon nitride) appears on 87 US grants and 111 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 87
- Published applications
- 111
- Assignees
- 45
- Inventors
- 165
- Latest grant
- 4 Nov 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Expandable interbody fusion device4 Nov 2025US 12,458,508 B2Ctl Biotec, Corporation
- Processes for producing orthopedic implants having a subsurface level silicon nitride layer applied via bombardment16 Sep 2025US 12,416,077 B2Joint Development, LLC
- Side pocket spinal fusion cage10 Jun 2025US 12,324,747 B2
- Method for improving the wear performance of ceramic-polyethylene or ceramic-ceramic articulation couples utilized in orthopedic joint prostheses27 Aug 2024US 12,070,391 B2SINTX Technologies, Inc.
- Side pocket spinal fusion cage28 May 2024US 11,992,419 B2
- Expandable interbody fusion device5 Feb 2026US 2026/0033960 A1Ctl Biotec, Corporation
- Processes for producing orthopedic implants having a subsurface level silicon nitride layer applied via bombardment21 Aug 2025US 2025/0263836 A1Joint Development, LLC
- Space bridging plate and modular components12 Jun 2025US 2025/0186219 A1CTL Medical Corporation
- Side pocket spinal fusion cage17 Oct 2024US 2024/0341974 A1
- Space bridging plate and modular components23 May 2024US 2024/0164911 A1CTL Medical Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Total disc implant270US 6,994,727 B2Amedica Corporation · 2006
- Controlled architecture ceramic composites by stereolithography213US 6,283,997 B1Ethicon, Inc. · 2001
- Hip prosthesis with monoblock ceramic acetabular cup164US 7,695,521 B2Amedica Corporation · 2010
- Metal-ceramic composite articulation153US 6,881,229 B2Amedica Corporation · 2005
- Rotatable and reversibly expandable spinal hydraulic prosthetic device149US 6,981,989 B1X-Pantu-Flex DRD Limited Liability Company · 2006