- 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 2/36 - Femoral heads
Patent holdings for IPC class A61F 2/36
Total number of patents in this class: 1253
10-year publication summary
98
|
133
|
140
|
123
|
123
|
99
|
114
|
110
|
73
|
23
|
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
---|---|---|
Zimmer, Inc. | 1371 |
66 |
Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2880 |
65 |
Smith & Nephew, Inc. | 2685 |
46 |
Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | 1377 |
45 |
Biomet Manufacturing, LLC | 1067 |
36 |
Waldemar Link GmbH & Co. KG | 390 |
35 |
DePuy Ireland Unlimited Company | 704 |
34 |
Kirk Promotion Ltd. | 149 |
22 |
Hip Innovation Technology LLC | 47 |
19 |
MAKO Surgical Corp. | 620 |
19 |
Milux Holding S.A. | 175 |
18 |
Kyocera Corporation | 12735 |
17 |
Canary Medical Inc. | 100 |
17 |
Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG | 750 |
14 |
MatOrtho Limited | 48 |
12 |
Tecres S.p.A. | 122 |
12 |
Cossington Limited | 31 |
12 |
Genesis Medical Devices, LLC | 25 |
11 |
Osteal Therapeutics, Inc. | 23 |
11 |
CeramTec GmbH | 319 |
10 |
Other owners | 732 |