Alan Broadwin
22Patents
19h-index
23Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Mar 5, 1975 → Dec 10, 1998
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4827911A | Method and apparatus for ultrasonic surgical fragmentation and removal of tissue | Performing Operations; Transporting | 2,167 | Expired |
| US4931047A | Method and apparatus for providing enhanced tissue fragmentation and/or hemostasis | Electricity | 2,133 | Expired |
| US5015227A | Apparatus for providing enhanced tissue fragmentation and/or hemostasis | Electricity | 2,115 | Expired |
| US5421829A | Ultrasonic surgical handpiece and an energy initiator | Performing Operations; Transporting | 1,933 | Expired |
| US4988334A | Ultrasonic surgical system with aspiration tubulation connector | Human Necessities | 1,525 | Expired |
| US4986808A | Magnetostrictive transducer | Performing Operations; Transporting | 1,495 | Expired |
| US4634419A | Angulated ultrasonic surgical handpieces and method for their production | Human Necessities | 1,482 | Expired |
| US4747820A | Irrigation/aspiration manifold and fittings for ultrasonic surgical aspiration system | Human Necessities | 1,482 | Expired |
| US4978333A | Resonator for surgical handpiece | Human Necessities | 1,443 | Expired |
| US5968007A | Power-limit control for ultrasonic surgical instrument | Human Necessities | 403 | Expired |
| US4223676A | Ultrasonic aspirator | Human Necessities | 278 | Expired |
| US4063557A | Ultrasonic aspirator | Performing Operations; Transporting | 147 | Expired |
| US4136700A | Neurosonic aspirator | Human Necessities | 116 | Expired |
| US4016882A | Neurosonic aspirator and method | Human Necessities | 82 | Expired |
| US4846790A | Ultrasonic surgical system with irrigation manifold | Human Necessities | 77 | Expired |
| US4041947A | Flow control system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 63 | Expired |
| US6159176A | Sheath and support for ultrasonic elongate tip | Human Necessities | 49 | Expired |
| US4881761A | Irrigation tubing connector for an ultrasonic surgical system | Human Necessities | 30 | Expired |
| US4052987A | Automatic aspiration apparatus | Human Necessities | 27 | Expired |
| US4734964A | Apparatus for refurbishing acoustic members | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 18 | Expired |
| US4832021A | Apparatus and method for assembly and disassembly of interchangeable surgical acoustic members | Performing Operations; Transporting | 13 | Expired |
| US4949601A | Apparatus for assembling threaded members | Human Necessities | 3 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.