A61M 2025/006
Having a special surface topography or special surface properties
Official title: {having a special surface topography or special surface properties, e.g. roughened or knurled surface}
A61M2025/006 (Having a special surface topography or special surface properties) appears on 355 US grants and 451 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 355
- Published applications
- 451
- Assignees
- 188
- Inventors
- 696
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 4 |
| 2002 | 10 | 9 |
| 2003 | 8 | 11 |
| 2004 | 7 | 17 |
| 2005 | 4 | 6 |
| 2006 | 5 | 13 |
| 2007 | 6 | 17 |
| 2008 | 2 | 8 |
| 2009 | 5 | 9 |
| 2010 | 8 | 9 |
| 2011 | 12 | 16 |
| 2012 | 6 | 18 |
| 2013 | 16 | 20 |
| 2014 | 17 | 20 |
| 2015 | 12 | 18 |
| 2016 | 12 | 16 |
| 2017 | 17 | 21 |
| 2018 | 22 | 21 |
| 2019 | 16 | 30 |
| 2020 | 20 | 28 |
| 2021 | 13 | 26 |
| 2022 | 24 | 19 |
| 2023 | 19 | 22 |
| 2024 | 15 | 29 |
| 2025 | 18 | 27 |
| 2026 | 9 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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By later US patents
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- Arthroscopic retractor and method of using the same881US 5,197,971 A1993
- Method of dissecting tissue layers737US 5,514,153 AGeneral Surgical Innovations, Inc. · 1996
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