A61F 2310/00574
Coating or prosthesis-covering structure made of carbon
Official title: Coating or prosthesis-covering structure made of carbon, e.g. of pyrocarbon
A61F2310/00574 (Coating or prosthesis-covering structure made of carbon) appears on 273 US grants and 258 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 273
- Published applications
- 258
- Assignees
- 133
- Inventors
- 425
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2001 | 5 | 1 |
| 2002 | 13 | 11 |
| 2003 | 10 | 9 |
| 2004 | 10 | 16 |
| 2005 | 1 | 31 |
| 2006 | 7 | 15 |
| 2007 | 6 | 17 |
| 2008 | 9 | 18 |
| 2009 | 9 | 18 |
| 2010 | 14 | 19 |
| 2011 | 11 | 14 |
| 2012 | 18 | 21 |
| 2013 | 16 | 14 |
| 2014 | 13 | 11 |
| 2015 | 12 | 3 |
| 2016 | 8 | 8 |
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| 2018 | 5 | 3 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 | 7 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 5 |
| 2023 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Tissue stimulating devices, systems, and methods6 Oct 2026US 12,752,108 B2
- Expandable interbody device10 Feb 2026US 12,544,239 B2MiRus LLC
- Interposition implants for the hand14 Oct 2025US 12,440,345 B2Tornier SAS
- Femoral head arthroplasty system2 Sep 2025US 12,403,009 B2The United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
- Femoral head arthroplasty system17 Jun 2025US 12,329,646 B2The United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
- Expandable interbody device2 Apr 2026US 2026/0090897 A1MiRus LLC
- Partial hip prosthesis20 Mar 2025US 2025/0090332 A1Scyon Orthopaedics AG
- Expandable interbody device27 Feb 2025US 2025/0064598 A1MiRus LLC
- Elbow joint prostheses9 Jan 2025US 2025/0009522 A1Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
- Elbow joint prostheses14 Dec 2023US 2023/0397995 A1Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Process for converting a metal carbide to carbon by etching in halogens566US 6,579,833 B1The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois · 2003
- Artificial disc replacements with natural kinematics471US 6,706,068 B22004
- Intervertebral disc376US 6,770,095 B2Depuy Acroned, Inc. · 2004
- Hybrid intervertebral disc system350US 7,250,060 B2SDGI Holdings, Inc. · 2007
- Prosthetic intervertebral motion disc having dampening338US 6,793,678 B2Depuy Acromed, Inc. · 2004