A61L 27/3654
Cartilage
Official title: {Cartilage, e.g. meniscus}
A61L27/3654 (Cartilage) appears on 275 US grants and 443 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61L- Granted patents
- 275
- Published applications
- 443
- Assignees
- 213
- Inventors
- 695
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 15 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 6 |
| 2002 | 6 | 21 |
| 2003 | 11 | 16 |
| 2004 | 9 | 15 |
| 2005 | 6 | 29 |
| 2006 | 5 | 17 |
| 2007 | 6 | 17 |
| 2008 | 4 | 32 |
| 2009 | 8 | 10 |
| 2010 | 13 | 14 |
| 2011 | 12 | 21 |
| 2012 | 13 | 14 |
| 2013 | 8 | 9 |
| 2014 | 11 | 11 |
| 2015 | 10 | 14 |
| 2016 | 5 | 18 |
| 2017 | 7 | 12 |
| 2018 | 5 | 11 |
| 2019 | 14 | 24 |
| 2020 | 13 | 23 |
| 2021 | 13 | 18 |
| 2022 | 12 | 24 |
| 2023 | 16 | 18 |
| 2024 | 7 | 20 |
| 2025 | 8 | 9 |
| 2026 | 8 | 20 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Allogeneic implants for the treatment of cartilage injuries15 Sep 2026US 12,734,275 B2
- Engineered cartilage11 Aug 2026US 12,702,730 B2Stemcellago Inc.
- Method for cultivation of cartilage and spheroids thereof11 Aug 2026US 12,703,853 B2Co.Don AG
- Collagen-based meniscus implants7 Jul 2026US 12,673,135 B2Collagen Matrix, Inc.
- Injectable off-the-shelf cartilage, tendon, and ligament repair compositions and methods of use7 Apr 2026US 12,595,463 B2Epibone, Inc.
- Artificial cartilage implant and manufacturing method therefor3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256589 A1National University Corporation Hokkaido University
- Method of repairing an annulus and collagen gel composition20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241072 A1Cornell University
- Injectable off-the- shelf cartilage, tendon, and ligament repair compositions and methods of use13 Aug 2026US 2026/0234550 A1Epibone, Inc.
- Fibrin gel and method for obtaining same16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199544 A1Santxa Research, S.L.U.
- Methods and compositions for particulated and reconstituted tissues25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174932 A1The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate
Most cited
By later US patents
- Cartilage repair apparatus and method1,489US 7,361,195 B2DePuy Products, Inc. · 2008
- Unitary surgical device and method1,255US 7,163,563 B2DePuy Products, Inc. · 2007
- Porous extracellular matrix scaffold and method984US 8,025,896 B2DePuy Products, Inc. · 2011
- Method for repairing cartilage669US 5,842,477 AAdvanced Tissue Sciences, Inc. · 1998
- Methods and compositions for the repair of articular cartilage defects in mammals563US 5,786,217 AGenzyme Corporation · 1998