A61H 2003/005
Appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk about: with knee
Official title: {with knee, leg or stump rests}
A61H2003/005 (Appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk about: with knee) appears on 132 US grants and 124 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61H- Granted patents
- 132
- Published applications
- 124
- Assignees
- 51
- Inventors
- 250
- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 4 |
| 2005 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 4 |
| 2009 | 2 | 6 |
| 2010 | 1 | 7 |
| 2011 | 4 | 6 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3 |
| 2013 | 5 | 5 |
| 2014 | 5 | 7 |
| 2015 | 3 | 6 |
| 2016 | 6 | 6 |
| 2017 | 8 | 14 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3 |
| 2019 | 6 | 8 |
| 2020 | 8 | 11 |
| 2021 | 10 | 8 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2 |
| 2023 | 4 | 7 |
| 2024 | 10 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 4 |
| 2026 | 3 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Conveniently stored walking aid28 Jul 2026US 12,691,026 B2
- Mobility systems and methods24 Mar 2026US 12,582,571 B2Altimate Medical, Inc.
- Knee crutch27 Jan 2026US D1,110,017 S1Medical Depot, Inc. · Design
- Hybrid hands-free crutch24 Jun 2025US 12,336,954 B2Eazistep, LLC
- Knee crutch29 Oct 2024US 12,127,996 B2Medical Depot, Inc.
- Mobility systems and methods25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174617 A1Altimate Medical, Inc.
- Hands-free crutch5 Mar 2026US 2026/0060875 A1
- Ischial bearing crutch13 Nov 2025US 2025/0345229 A1
- New Crutch System6 Nov 2025US 2025/0339330 A1
- Conveniently stored walking aid1 May 2025US 2025/0134750 A1Xinzhiyuan Medical Equipment (Guangdong) Co., Ltd.
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By later US patents
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- Walking assistance device75US 5,702,326 AVersatex Inc. · 1997
- Neuromorphic controlled powered orthotic and prosthetic system55US 8,790,282 B2Advensys, LLC · 2014
- Bipedal motion assisting method and apparatus54US 7,494,138 B22009
- Walking cane apparatus42US 4,274,430 A1981