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BIOMET INC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    194
About

BIOMET INC has a total of 194 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1981. It filed its patents most often in United States, EPO (European Patent Office) and WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization). Its main competitors in its focus markets medical technology, machines and chemical engineering are DISC O TECH MEDICAL TECH LTD, IMPLIANT LTD and DEPUY INC.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing BIOMET INCs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Metzger Robert 22
#2 Brown David Ray 21
#3 Vandewalle Mark V 15
#4 Higgins Joel C 14
#5 Hershberger Troy 12
#6 Smith Daniel B 11
#7 Cox Kevin 10
#8 Hoeppner Jacy Charles 10
#9 Border Robert 10
#10 Smith Daniel Bryce 10

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
US7141073B2 Compliant fixation of external prosthesis
EP1442725A2 Wear surface for metal-on-metal articulation
EP1415620A2 Modular prosthetic head having a flat portion to be implanted into a constrained liner
EP1374803A1 Hip joint having a variety of trochanteric flange sizes
WO03092558A1 Method and apparatus for enabling access to an intramedullary canal of a femur through a femoral knee joint prosthesis
US7357947B2 Bone graft material incorporating demineralized bone matrix and lipids
US7070622B1 Prosthesis having a modular soft tissue fixation mechanism
US7077339B2 Spray applicator
US7141054B2 Method and apparatus for intramedullary delivery of a material
US6746486B1 Method and apparatus for total wrist angled back carpal plate
US6911100B1 Method for controlling residual stress in prosthetics
US6905513B1 Knee prosthesis with graft ligaments
US7138442B2 Reduced exothermic bone replacement cement
AU2002327410A1 Method and apparatus for constrained liner
US6783549B1 Modular humeral head resurfacing system
US6942699B2 Shoulder prosthesis
US7175664B1 Prosthetic having a modular soft tissue fixation mechanism
US6972039B2 Floating bearing knee joint prosthesis with a fixed tibial post
US6981976B1 Method and apparatus for inserting and countersinking a modular screw
US6783551B1 Method and apparatus for enabling access to an intramedullary canal of a femur through a femoral knee joint prosthesis