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HOWMEDICA

Overview
  • Total Patents
    943
About

HOWMEDICA has a total of 943 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1970. It filed its patents most often in United States, EPO (European Patent Office) and Canada. Its main competitors in its focus markets medical technology, machines and materials and metallurgy are SMED TA/TD LLC, DISC O TECH MEDICAL TECH LTD and CO LIGNE AG.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing HOWMEDICAs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Lawes Peter 58
#2 Higham Paul A 35
#3 Bao Qi-Bin 28
#4 Borzone Rocco R 28
#5 Ashby Alan Miles 26
#6 Crombie John S 25
#7 Mears Dana Christopher 24
#8 Stark Casper F 21
#9 Kosmos Peter 20
#10 Edwards Charles Cannon 20

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
US2009157190A1 Osteotomy spacer
EP0941705A2 Screw and method of attachment to a substrate such as bone
EP0919201A1 Kinematic restraint device and method for determining the range of motion of a total knee replacement system
US6099532A Disposable monomer dispenser and vial breaker
AU7191598A Hydrogel intervertebral disc nucleus with diminished lateral bulging
JP2000000256A Tibia prosthesis device as well as its assembling
GB9810167D0 Prosthetic patella bearing component and femoral knee component in combination therewith
US5782925A Knee implant rotational alignment apparatus
AU2857497A Modular femoral fixation system
GB9714003D0 Apparatus for impacting bone chips in a bone canal
GB9714004D0 Apparatus for releasably attaching an impaction hammer to a proximal impactor to be impacted into a bone
US5824103A Tibial prosthesis
GB9709072D0 A process for improving start up and steady rate friction of soft/compliant polyurethanes
GB9709071D0 A process for improving start up and steady rate friction of soft/compliant polyurethanes
US5800549A Method and apparatus for injecting an elastic spinal implant
MX9701277A Suture anchor and drive.
GB9703421D0 Profile gauge for measuring and indicating the profile of bone openings
EP0790044A2 Polyetheretherketone (peek) retaining ring for an acetabular cup assembly
US5810830A Machining assembly and methods for preparing the medullary cavity of a femur in hip arthroplasty
US5827287A High strength internal bone fixation devices and process for forming same