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Wake Forest University Health Sciences

334Patents
300Active
334Granted
59Portfolio score

Filing activity: Feb 19, 1998 → Apr 6, 2023 · 77 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9370362B2 Surgical staplers with tissue protection and related methods Human Necessities 841 Active
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US7198046B1 Wound treatment employing reduced pressure Human Necessities 374 Expired
US6694163B1 Method and system for producing interactive, three-dimensional renderings of selected body organs having hollow lumens to enable simulated movement through the lumen Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 354 Expired
US6909913B2 Method and system for producing interactive three-dimensional renderings of selected body organs having hollow lumens to enable simulated movement through the lumen Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 303 Expired
US7149564B2 Automatic analysis in virtual endoscopy Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 223 Expired
US6785410B2 Image reporting method and system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 167 Expired
US7792565B2 Method and system for producing interactive, three-dimensional renderings of selected body organs having hollow lumens to enable simulated movement through the lumen Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 136 Active
US6673028B1 Passive joint movement device and method for using the same Human Necessities 127 Expired
US7747055B1 Virtual endoscopy with improved image segmentation and lesion detection Physics 123 Expired
US7853310B2 Automatic analysis in virtual endoscopy Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 106 Active
US6819785B1 Image reporting method and system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 86 Expired
US7008395B1 Multi-lumen catheter system used in a blood treatment process Human Necessities 75 Expired
US8377016B2 Apparatus and method for wound treatment employing periodic sub-atmospheric pressure Human Necessities 69 Active
US7907759B2 Cardiac visualization systems for displaying 3-D images of cardiac voxel intensity distributions with optional physician interactive boundary tracing tools Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 68 Active
US7531503B2 Cell scaffold matrices with incorporated therapeutic agents Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 55 Active
US8682045B2 Virtual endoscopy with improved image segmentation and lesion detection Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 50 Active
US6801597B2 Method and system for creating task-dependent three-dimensional images Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 41 Expired
US7835560B2 Image reporting method and system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 36 Active
US7794731B2 Use of flagellin in the immunotherapy of Yersinia pestis Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 35 Expired
US9301925B2 Inkjet printing of tissues and cells Chemistry; Metallurgy 34 Active
US7289651B2 Image reporting method and system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Expired
US7801587B2 Method and system for creating three-dimensional images using tomosynthetic computed tomography Physics 28 Active
US8454603B2 External fixation assembly and method of use Human Necessities 26 Active
US8728463B2 Production of tissue engineered digits and limbs Human Necessities 26 Active

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