- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61F - Filters implantable into blood vessels; prostheses; devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents; orthopaedic, nursing or contraceptive devices; fomentation; treatment or protection of eyes or ears; bandages, dressings or absorbent pads; first-aid kits
- A61F 2/44 - Joints for the spine, e.g. vertebrae, spinal discs
Patent holdings for IPC class A61F 2/44
Total number of patents in this class: 7807
10-year publication summary
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566
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645
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690
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667
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594
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574
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573
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526
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455
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121
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| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical, Inc. | 2463 |
827 |
| Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. | 3184 |
707 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2880 |
417 |
| NuVasive, Inc. | 1001 |
170 |
| K2M, Inc. | 585 |
130 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 482 |
114 |
| Life Spine, Inc. | 271 |
108 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 240 |
101 |
| Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | 1377 |
83 |
| Synthes USA, LLC | 425 |
80 |
| LDR Medical | 97 |
77 |
| Synthes GmbH | 598 |
76 |
| Simplify Medical Pty Ltd | 94 |
74 |
| Moskowitz Family LLC | 82 |
74 |
| DePuy Spine, Inc. | 283 |
66 |
| Zimmer Biomet Spine, Inc. | 421 |
61 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc. | 258 |
50 |
| Medos International SARL | 731 |
50 |
| SI-Bone Inc. | 137 |
49 |
| Titan Spine, Inc. | 72 |
46 |
| Other owners | 4447 |