- 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 2/78 - Means for protecting prostheses or for attaching them to the body, e.g. bandages, harnesses, straps, or stockings for the limb stump
Patent holdings for IPC class A61F 2/78
Total number of patents in this class: 957
10-year publication summary
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76
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80
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77
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111
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86
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83
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88
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57
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73
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48
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Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Ossur Iceland ehf | 488 |
107 |
| Ottobock SE & Co. KGaA | 553 |
65 |
| Ossur HF | 532 |
63 |
| DEKA Products Limited Partnership | 1788 |
48 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 177 |
42 |
| Otto Bock Healthcare GmbH | 157 |
30 |
| Alps South Europe s.r.o. | 59 |
27 |
| Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH | 280 |
23 |
| RCM Enterprise, LLC | 70 |
20 |
| Willowwood Global LLC | 89 |
16 |
| Hanger, Inc. | 84 |
14 |
| Alps South, LLC | 54 |
13 |
| Biomet Manufacturing, LLC | 1018 |
12 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 10117 |
11 |
| University of Utah Research Foundation | 1827 |
9 |
| Integrum AB | 19 |
8 |
| The United States Government AS represented by The Department of Veterans Affairs | 1210 |
8 |
| Blatchford Products Limited | 105 |
7 |
| Nike, Inc. | 14328 |
6 |
| iFIT PROSTHETICS, LLC | 10 |
6 |
| Other owners | 422 |