A61L 31/148
Materials at least partially resorbable by the body
Official title: {Materials at least partially resorbable by the body}
A61L31/148 (Materials at least partially resorbable by the body) appears on 1,944 US grants and 2,860 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61L- Granted patents
- 1,944
- Published applications
- 2,860
- Assignees
- 896
- Inventors
- 3,819
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 25 | 7 |
| 2002 | 23 | 32 |
| 2003 | 27 | 38 |
| 2004 | 11 | 41 |
| 2005 | 18 | 71 |
| 2006 | 15 | 68 |
| 2007 | 16 | 120 |
| 2008 | 17 | 136 |
| 2009 | 19 | 145 |
| 2010 | 39 | 135 |
| 2011 | 64 | 122 |
| 2012 | 73 | 108 |
| 2013 | 92 | 120 |
| 2014 | 132 | 199 |
| 2015 | 132 | 186 |
| 2016 | 154 | 180 |
| 2017 | 142 | 178 |
| 2018 | 92 | 138 |
| 2019 | 105 | 156 |
| 2020 | 105 | 144 |
| 2021 | 115 | 106 |
| 2022 | 58 | 118 |
| 2023 | 75 | 93 |
| 2024 | 75 | 107 |
| 2025 | 84 | 66 |
| 2026 | 42 | 46 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Polymeric patch scaffolds for articular cartilage regeneration6 Oct 2026US 12,752,041 B2University of Southern California
- Bioresorbable cardiovascular instruments, and operation and fabrication methods of same29 Sep 2026US 12,746,397 B2Northwestern University
- Generating endothelial cell-seeded vascular grafts22 Sep 2026US 12,741,060 B2Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
- Cell scaffold device having three-dimensional structure with interwoven channels22 Sep 2026US 12,741,062 B2The General Hospital Corporation
- Absorbable intravascular stents having a therapeutic drug within the scaffold15 Sep 2026US 12,734,053 B2Efemoral Medical, Inc.
- Degradable magnesium tenting device for faster surgeries and improved outcomes in vertical ridge augmentation1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294591 A1University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
- Medical film and production method therefor1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295127 A1Kureha Corporation
- Implant and arrangement comprising a radiation source and an implant17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272708 A1Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen
- Time-dependent synthetic biological barrier material17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275597 A1Poly-Med, Inc.
- Bioresorbable tags for monitoring deep tissue homeostasis10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263188 A1Northwestern University
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical staple2,306US 4,719,917 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1988
- Surgical fastener and means for applying same2,134US 4,402,445 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1983
- Absorbable surgical repair devices1,935US 5,342,395 AAmerican Cyanamid Company · 1994
- Medical devices and applications of polyhydroxyalkanoate polymers1,636US 6,838,493 B2Metabolix, Inc. · 2005
- Multi-layered implant1,554US 5,686,090 AEthicon, Inc. · 1997