- 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: 7825
10-year publication summary
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645
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690
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667
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595
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575
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577
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534
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461
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430
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13
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical, Inc. | 2577 |
849 |
| Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. | 3169 |
696 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2817 |
412 |
| NuVasive, Inc. | 978 |
176 |
| K2M, Inc. | 580 |
127 |
| Life Spine, Inc. | 280 |
115 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 462 |
106 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 228 |
97 |
| Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | 1406 |
84 |
| Synthes USA, LLC | 384 |
75 |
| Moskowitz Family LLC | 82 |
73 |
| Synthes GmbH | 547 |
69 |
| LDR Medical | 83 |
66 |
| Simplify Medical Pty Ltd | 83 |
64 |
| Stryker European Operations Holdings, LLC | 968 |
64 |
| Medos International SARL | 748 |
54 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc. | 248 |
53 |
| DePuy Spine, Inc. | 230 |
53 |
| Institute for Musculoskeletal Science and Education, Ltd. | 60 |
51 |
| Titan Spine, Inc. | 73 |
47 |
| Other owners | 4494 |