Patent assignee · US · UNIVERSITY

University of Florida Foundation, Incorporated

701Patents
19Active
701Granted
46Portfolio score

Filing activity: Jun 27, 1979 → Oct 1, 2018 · 9 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5755750A Method and apparatus for selectively inhibiting activity in nerve fibers Human Necessities 473 Expired
US5027818A Dosimetric technique for stereotactic radiosurgery same Human Necessities 409 Expired
US6387379B1 Biofunctional surface modified ocular implants, surgical instruments, medical devices, prostheses, contact lenses and the like Chemistry; Metallurgy 366 Expired
US5062850A Axially-fixed vertebral body prosthesis and method of fixation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 343 Expired
US6546279B1 Computer controlled guidance of a biopsy needle Human Necessities 336 Expired
US5242444A Lumbosacral fixation and fusion method and device Human Necessities 319 Expired
US6131571A Ventilation apparatus and anesthesia delivery system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 308 Expired
US5464404A Cardiac ablation catheters and method Human Necessities 300 Expired
US6548264B1 Coated nanoparticles Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 260 Expired
US4977971A Hybrid robotic vehicle Performing Operations; Transporting 242 Expired
US5203771A Arterial/venous fluid transfer system Human Necessities 241 Expired
US6390091B1 Method and apparatus for controlling a medical ventilator Human Necessities 234 Expired
US5100689A Surface modified surgical instruments, devices, implants, contact lenses and the like Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 215 Expired
US5024998A Pharmaceutical formulations for parenteral use Chemistry; Metallurgy 215 Expired
US6083353A Handheld portable digital geographic data manager Physics 213 Expired
US7093179B2 Method and coding means for error-correction utilizing concatenated parity and turbo codes Electricity 207 Expired
US5180896A System and method for in-line heating of medical fluid Electricity 199 Expired
US5991731A Method and system for interactive prescription and distribution of prescriptions in conducting clinical studies Physics 184 Expired
US6535714B2 Method, system, and apparatus for medical device training Physics 183 Expired
US5242410A Wireless high flow intravascular sheath introducer and method Human Necessities 180 Expired
US4961954A Surface modified surgical instruments, devices, implants, contact lenses and the like Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 180 Expired
US4671954A Microspheres for incorporation of therapeutic substances and methods of preparation thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 172 Expired
US4860743A Laser method and apparatus for the recanalization of vessels and the treatment of other cardiac conditions Human Necessities 166 Expired
US6496711B1 Pulse oximeter probe Human Necessities 164 Expired
US6090998A Segmentally demineralized bone implant Human Necessities 158 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.