A61L 15/07
Stiffening bandages
A61L15/07 (Stiffening bandages) appears on 348 US grants and 185 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61L- Granted patents
- 348
- Published applications
- 185
- Assignees
- 177
- Inventors
- 615
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 7 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 14 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 12 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 9 | 0 |
| 1987 | 15 | 0 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 13 | 0 |
| 1991 | 16 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 14 | 0 |
| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 12 | 0 |
| 1999 | 12 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 5 |
| 2003 | 5 | 1 |
| 2004 | 4 | 4 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 4 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5 |
| 2008 | 1 | 5 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 8 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4 |
| 2013 | 0 | 4 |
| 2014 | 1 | 8 |
| 2015 | 4 | 10 |
| 2016 | 6 | 8 |
| 2017 | 6 | 7 |
| 2018 | 9 | 11 |
| 2019 | 10 | 20 |
| 2020 | 8 | 11 |
| 2021 | 2 | 12 |
| 2022 | 11 | 16 |
| 2023 | 10 | 9 |
| 2024 | 15 | 11 |
| 2025 | 4 | 5 |
| 2026 | 4 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Adaptive and variable stiffness ankle brace14 Jul 2026US 12,678,314 B2The Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Army
- Medical device having a polymeric nanocomposite actively controlled for rapid healing of fractures and soft tissue injury31 Mar 2026US 12,589,180 B2Sleep Solutions of Texas, LLC
- Electro-actuatable compression garments with shape memory elements3 Mar 2026US 12,564,537 B2Koya Medical, Inc.
- Ankle-foot orthosis and method for making the same6 Jan 2026US 12,514,730 B2Ossur Iceland Ehf
- Easily formed arm external fixing brace30 Dec 2025US 12,508,148 B2Wuhan Xunshu Technology Co., Ltd.
- Ankle foot orthosis24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283829 A1Thorwear Inc.
- Thermoplastic material for immobilization purposes3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256977 A1Orfit Industries
- Porous 3d matrix based on polyelectrolyte complexes and uses thereof20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241065 A1Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Toulouse
- Electro-actuatable compression garments with shape memory elements18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165906 A1Koya Medical, Inc.
- Aramid reinforced instant flexible cast strips4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151273 A1Matscitechno Licensing Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Curable resin coated sheets having reduced tack184US 4,856,502 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1989
- Water-activated casting material148US 4,502,479 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1985
- Lumbosacral brace140US 4,475,543 A1984
- Curable resin coated sheet having reduced tack134US 4,667,661 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1987
- Perforated closed cell padding material131US 4,294,240 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1981