- 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 2/46 - Special tools for implanting artificial joints
Patent holdings for IPC class A61F 2/46
Total number of patents in this class: 8004
10-year publication summary
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623
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753
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779
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846
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869
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733
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732
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695
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594
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167
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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 |
492 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2880 |
422 |
| Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | 1377 |
332 |
| Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. | 3184 |
312 |
| DePuy Ireland Unlimited Company | 704 |
282 |
| Smith & Nephew, Inc. | 2685 |
249 |
| Zimmer, Inc. | 1371 |
232 |
| Biomet Manufacturing, LLC | 1067 |
161 |
| NuVasive, Inc. | 1001 |
85 |
| Wright Medical Technology, Inc. | 629 |
85 |
| Stryker Corporation | 3864 |
77 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 240 |
73 |
| Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG | 750 |
68 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 482 |
68 |
| K2M, Inc. | 585 |
67 |
| MAKO Surgical Corp. | 620 |
64 |
| Medos International SARL | 731 |
54 |
| Moskowitz Family LLC | 82 |
51 |
| ORTHOsoft ULC | 225 |
51 |
| LDR Medical | 97 |
48 |
| Other owners | 4731 |