A61F 5/0113
Drop-foot appliances
Official title: {Drop-foot appliances}
A61F5/0113 (Drop-foot appliances) appears on 146 US grants and 168 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 146
- Published applications
- 168
- Assignees
- 90
- Inventors
- 290
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4 |
| 2005 | 2 | 7 |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 |
| 2007 | 2 | 6 |
| 2008 | 3 | 6 |
| 2009 | 2 | 5 |
| 2010 | 9 | 7 |
| 2011 | 4 | 5 |
| 2012 | 5 | 6 |
| 2013 | 7 | 4 |
| 2014 | 6 | 5 |
| 2015 | 2 | 7 |
| 2016 | 4 | 14 |
| 2017 | 2 | 15 |
| 2018 | 6 | 5 |
| 2019 | 10 | 5 |
| 2020 | 7 | 13 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4 |
| 2022 | 7 | 9 |
| 2023 | 6 | 9 |
| 2024 | 8 | 12 |
| 2025 | 5 | 6 |
| 2026 | 10 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Orthotic system18 Aug 2026US 12,708,543 B2Ossur Iceland Ehf
- Ankle foot orthosis21 Jul 2026US 12,685,657 B2University of Delaware
- Orthotic foot brace and method of assembly thereof21 Jul 2026US 12,685,658 B2OrthèSes Turbomed Inc.
- Orthosis brace comprising reel-based lacing system and fasteners for releasably coupling the orthosis brace to footwear14 Jul 2026US 12,678,315 B2Footscientific Inc.
- Ankle foot orthosis with track system and mechanism9 Jun 2026US 12,648,868 B2Thrive Orthopedics, LLC
- Ankle foot orthosis with track system and mechanism1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294665 A1Thrive Orthopedics, LLC
- Ankle foot orthosis24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283829 A1Thorwear Inc.
- Foot Supination Control Device9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191672 A1ReallyHadToMove Industries, LLC
- Ankle Foot Orthosis7 May 2026US 2026/0124055 A1Thuasne
- Ankle-foot orthosis and method for making the same16 Apr 2026US 2026/0102268 A1Ossur Iceland Ehf
Most cited
By later US patents
- Biofeedback activated orthosis for foot-drop rehabilitation200US 5,112,296 ABoard of Supervisors of Louisiana State University · 1992
- Active ankle foot orthosis106US 8,075,633 B2Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 2011
- Active ankle foot orthosis93US 8,287,477 B1Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 2012
- Ankle-foot orthosis89US 6,945,947 B2Ossur Hf · 2005
- Ankle-foot orthosis having an orthotic footplate80US 7,270,644 B2Ossur Hf · 2007