12 medical & health devices patents lapsed this week
Selected from 3,667 patents the USPTO recorded as expired for unpaid fees, ranked by opportunity score. The summaries and most of each score are generated by AI.
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1
Patient-matched femoral cutting guide that references trochlear groove and condyles
A single-use surgical cutting guide shaped to mate with a patient′s distal femur. The guide has a body with a cutting slot and a patient-matched surface that seats in the patient′s...
78score / 100 -
2
Handheld medical drill with a bendable distal drill unit
A handheld medical motor drill whose distal drill unit bends relative to the shaft to allow angled drilling while the operator holds the proximal main body. The device transmits drive...
76score / 100 -
3
Portable thermoelectric temperature regulator for elongated medicament containers
A portable housing with an elongated accommodating chamber that holds a medicament container such as a cartridge or syringe and uses thermoelectric elements to cool or heat a selectable...
73score / 100 -
4
Handheld pivoting cutter for trimming surgical pins, rods and anchors
A compact handheld surgical cutter with two elongated pivoting arms and opposing cutting elements at the distal ends, intended to trim excess portions of implanted or pre‑assembled...
72score / 100 -
5
Cartridge packaging with a helical-spool for barbed suture
A sterile package that holds a surgical needle mounted in a removable cartridge and a spool that stores the attached suture, with the suture partially seated in a helical channel on the...
70score / 100 -
6
Vertical conductive textile traces and methods of knitting thereof Pro
Write-up, demand check and manufacturing notes available with Pro.
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Devices, systems, and methods for wound closure Pro
Write-up, demand check and manufacturing notes available with Pro.
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System and method for low x-ray dose breast density evaluation Pro
Write-up, demand check and manufacturing notes available with Pro.
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