Alan Reid
33Patents
19h-index
19Co-inventors
78Inventor score
Filing activity: Jun 30, 1976 → May 31, 2017
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6254534A | Retractor | Human Necessities | 1,367 | Expired |
| US6582364B2 | Retractor and method for use | Human Necessities | 1,306 | Expired |
| US9271753B2 | Surgical device | Human Necessities | 1,094 | Active |
| US6846287B2 | Surgical device for retracting and/or sealing an incision | Human Necessities | 306 | Expired |
| US6578577B2 | Laparoscopic sealed access device | Human Necessities | 270 | Expired |
| US7300399B2 | Surgical device for retracting and/or sealing an incision | Human Necessities | 257 | Expired |
| US6623426B2 | Laparoscopic sealed access device | Human Necessities | 257 | Expired |
| US7081089B2 | Surgical device for retracting and/or sealing an incision | Human Necessities | 246 | Expired |
| US7559893B2 | Wound retractor device | Human Necessities | 227 | Expired |
| US7445597B2 | Retractor | Human Necessities | 191 | Expired |
| US8157817B2 | Surgical instrument | Human Necessities | 110 | Expired |
| US6796940B2 | Viscera retainer | Human Necessities | 100 | Expired |
| US8152770B2 | Needle device having retractable needle providing enhanced safety | Human Necessities | 74 | Active |
| US6755805B1 | Needle device having enhanced safety | Human Necessities | 73 | Expired |
| US6155187A | Tufting of level cut pile and loop pile in the same row of stitching | Textiles; Paper | 49 | Expired |
| US6446566B1 | Yarn feed for assembly for a tufting machine | Textiles; Paper | 48 | Expired |
| US4476386A | Method and apparatus for material analysis | Electricity | 42 | Expired |
| US8012088B2 | Retractor | Human Necessities | 29 | Active |
| US8317691B2 | Wound retractor device | Human Necessities | 20 | Active |
| US7435238B2 | Needle device having retractable needle providing enhanced safety | Human Necessities | 18 | Expired |
| US9095300B2 | Wound retractor device | Human Necessities | 9 | Active |
| US8986202B2 | Retractor | Human Necessities | 8 | Active |
| US8568365B2 | Methods and apparatus for syringe adapter | Human Necessities | 8 | Active |
| US8752553B2 | Apparatus for use in surgery and a valve | Human Necessities | 8 | Active |
| US9277908B2 | Retractor | Human Necessities | 7 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.