A61F 5/026
Back straightening devices with shoulder braces to force back the shoulder to
Official title: {Back straightening devices with shoulder braces to force back the shoulder to obtain a correct curvature of the spine (for clavicle fractures A61F5/05808; restraining devices A61F5/37)}
A61F5/026 (Back straightening devices with shoulder braces to force back the shoulder to) appears on 262 US grants and 367 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 262
- Published applications
- 367
- Assignees
- 140
- Inventors
- 581
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| 2019 | 16 | 37 |
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| 2024 | 24 | 21 |
| 2025 | 15 | 16 |
| 2026 | 9 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Posture improvement device and method of use119US 7,871,388 B2AlignMed, Inc. · 2011
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- Compression garment for dorsocervical surgeries96US 6,936,021 B12005
- Orthopedic brace (orthesis)94US 3,945,376 AOtto Bock Orthopedic Industry, Inc. · 1976
- Shoulder and back support brace80US 5,135,470 A1992