A61L 27/386
Ligaments, tendons
Official title: {Ligaments, tendons}
A61L27/386 (Ligaments, tendons) appears on 88 US grants and 124 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61L- Granted patents
- 88
- Published applications
- 124
- Assignees
- 73
- Inventors
- 219
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 5 |
| 2004 | 3 | 8 |
| 2005 | 3 | 8 |
| 2006 | 4 | 0 |
| 2007 | 2 | 4 |
| 2008 | 4 | 7 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 10 |
| 2011 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012 | 3 | 6 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 9 | 3 |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3 | 6 |
| 2017 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 3 | 6 |
| 2019 | 3 | 7 |
| 2020 | 6 | 8 |
| 2021 | 4 | 9 |
| 2022 | 3 | 7 |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 4 |
| 2025 | 4 | 8 |
| 2026 | 4 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Methods for attaching tendons and/or ligaments to bone and/or cartilage1 Sep 2026US 12,721,719 B2
- Injectable off-the-shelf cartilage, tendon, and ligament repair compositions and methods of use7 Apr 2026US 12,595,463 B2Epibone, Inc.
- Injectable off-the-shelf cartilage, tendon, and ligament repair compositions and methods of use3 Feb 2026US 12,540,307 B2Epibone, Inc.
- Rotating frame apparatus and biocompatible scaffold construct6 Jan 2026US 12,514,956 B2Embody, Inc.
- Biopolymer compositions, scaffolds and devices9 Dec 2025US 12,491,287 B2Embody, Inc.
- Alk5 inhibitors for efficient derivation of mesenchymal stem cells from embryonic stem cells20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242738 A1Scripps Health
- Injectable off-the- shelf cartilage, tendon, and ligament repair compositions and methods of use13 Aug 2026US 2026/0234550 A1Epibone, Inc.
- Composition for inducing ligamentization of tendon, comprising anterior cruciate ligament-derived stem cells25 Dec 2025US 2025/0387540 A1Iucf-Hyu Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang Univerity
- Tendon/ligament-like artificial tissue produced using three-dimensional mechanosignaling cell culture system18 Dec 2025US 2025/0382577 A1Institute of Science Tokyo
- Indirect method of articular tissue repair4 Dec 2025US 2025/0367349 A1Children's Medical Center Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Graft prosthesis materials532US 6,206,931 B1Cook Biotech Incorporated · 2001
- Bone-tendon-bone assembly with cancellous allograft bone block286US 6,730,124 B2Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation · 2004
- Bone-tendon-bone assembly with allograft bone block and method for inserting same256US 6,890,354 B2Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation · 2005
- Bone tendon bone assembly with cylindrical allograft bone block228US 7,141,066 B2Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation · 2006
- Three-dimensional culture of pancreatic parenchymal cells cultured living stromal tissue prepared in vitro220US 6,022,743 AAdvanced Tissue Sciences, Inc. · 2000