- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61F - Filters implantable into blood vesselsprosthesesdevices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stentsorthopaedic, nursing or contraceptive devicesfomentationtreatment or protection of eyes or earsbandages, dressings or absorbent padsfirst-aid kits
- A61F 2/28 - Bones
Patent holdings for IPC class A61F 2/28
Total number of patents in this class: 4572
10-year publication summary
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394
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388
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355
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372
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302
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250
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227
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213
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197
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57
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| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. | 2868 |
225 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2785 |
183 |
| Globus Medical, Inc. | 2797 |
183 |
| Smith & Nephew, Inc. | 2659 |
72 |
| Zimmer, Inc. | 1409 |
55 |
| Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | 1392 |
51 |
| NuVasive, Inc. | 978 |
43 |
| The Johns Hopkins University | 5813 |
38 |
| Biomet Manufacturing, LLC | 1012 |
36 |
| LifeNet Health | 276 |
35 |
| Zimmer Knee Creations, Inc. | 86 |
34 |
| Stryker Corporation | 5230 |
33 |
| Arthrex, Inc. | 1616 |
28 |
| VB Spine US OpCo LLC | 533 |
28 |
| Cartiheal (2009) Ltd. | 52 |
26 |
| DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 574 |
26 |
| P Tech, LLC | 144 |
25 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 433 |
22 |
| University of Utah Research Foundation | 1852 |
21 |
| 4WEB, LLC | 26 |
21 |
| Other owners | 3387 |