A61L 27/04
Metals or alloys
A61L27/04 (Metals or alloys) appears on 1,373 US grants and 2,025 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61L- Granted patents
- 1,373
- Published applications
- 2,025
- Assignees
- 977
- Inventors
- 3,631
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 7 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 9 | 0 |
| 1993 | 12 | 0 |
| 1994 | 18 | 0 |
| 1995 | 12 | 0 |
| 1996 | 19 | 0 |
| 1997 | 29 | 0 |
| 1998 | 17 | 0 |
| 1999 | 23 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 17 | 4 |
| 2002 | 12 | 26 |
| 2003 | 30 | 29 |
| 2004 | 22 | 46 |
| 2005 | 15 | 54 |
| 2006 | 18 | 52 |
| 2007 | 9 | 47 |
| 2008 | 10 | 62 |
| 2009 | 24 | 58 |
| 2010 | 34 | 59 |
| 2011 | 30 | 76 |
| 2012 | 41 | 82 |
| 2013 | 38 | 83 |
| 2014 | 58 | 95 |
| 2015 | 68 | 90 |
| 2016 | 65 | 78 |
| 2017 | 77 | 98 |
| 2018 | 51 | 130 |
| 2019 | 67 | 132 |
| 2020 | 96 | 111 |
| 2021 | 79 | 124 |
| 2022 | 62 | 111 |
| 2023 | 69 | 106 |
| 2024 | 77 | 109 |
| 2025 | 74 | 81 |
| 2026 | 39 | 82 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Metal alloy having rhenium effect15 Sep 2026US 12,735,773 B2MiRus LLC
- Metal material having biological properties11 Aug 2026US 12,702,732 B2Komatsuseiki Kosakusho Co., Ltd.
- Materials for piezoelectric implants, and methods of poling materials for piezoelectric response for bone growth stimulation4 Aug 2026US 12,697,412 B2DMJ Concepts, LLC
- Medical device4 Aug 2026US 12,697,418 B2Obl
- Additive manufactured articles having passivated surfaces and related methods28 Jul 2026US 12,691,204 B2Entegris, Inc.
- Metal alloy having rhenium effect8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308726 A1MiRus LLC
- Metal alloy having rhenium effect8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308727 A1MiRus LLC
- Metal alloy having rhenium effect8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308728 A1MiRus LLC
- Metal alloy having rhenium effect8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308729 A1MiRus LLC
- Segmented calcium phosphate bone scaffolds with sacrificial zones for mechano-transductive bone regeneration and methods of making and using the same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294629 A1Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
Most cited
By later US patents
- Medical devices incorporating sim alloy elements2,338US 4,665,906 ARaychem Corporation · 1987
- Low wear artificial spinal disc1,173US 5,676,701 ASmith & Nephew, Inc. · 1997
- Spinal disk implant and implantation kit1,086US 5,306,309 ACalcitek, Inc. · 1994
- Prosthetic disc and method of implanting1,066US 4,772,287 ACedar Surgical, Inc. · 1988
- Self-expanding prosthesis957US 5,061,275 AMedinvent S.A. · 1991