Inventor · Menlo Park, CA, US

Alexander Vankov

34Patents
13h-index
20Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 12, 2001 → Dec 22, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6780178B2 Method and apparatus for plasma-mediated thermo-electrical ablation Electricity 339 Expired
US8105324B2 Methods and devices for the non-thermal, electrically-induced closure of blood vessels Human Necessities 202 Active
US7357802B2 Electrosurgical system with uniformly enhanced electric field and minimal collateral damage Electricity 179 Expired
US7736361B2 Electrosurgical system with uniformly enhanced electric field and minimal collateral damage Human Necessities 77 Active
US7238185B2 Method and apparatus for plasma-mediated thermo-electrical ablation Electricity 72 Expired
US8177783B2 Electric plasma-mediated cutting and coagulation of tissue and surgical apparatus Human Necessities 68 Active
US8414572B2 Electrosurgery apparatus with partially insulated electrode and exposed edge Human Necessities 63 Active
US8323276B2 Method for plasma-mediated thermo-electrical ablation with low temperature electrode Human Necessities 62 Active
US7047080B2 Self-sufficient retinal prosthesis powered by intraocular photovoltaic cells Human Necessities 46 Expired
US8043286B2 Method and apparatus for plasma-mediated thermo-electrical ablation Human Necessities 43 Active
US7058455B2 Interface for making spatially resolved electrical contact to neural cells in a biological neural network Human Necessities 33 Expired
US7789879B2 System for plasma-mediated thermo-electrical surgery Electricity 30 Active
US6730075B2 Surgical probe for use in liquid media Human Necessities 15 Expired
US8235989B2 Method and device for non-thermal electrically-induced closure of blood vessels by occlusion Human Necessities 13 Active
US8870864B2 Single instrument electrosurgery apparatus and its method of use Human Necessities 13 Active
US7923251B2 Method and apparatus for avalanche-mediated transfer of agents into cells Chemistry; Metallurgy 11 Active
US9018983B2 Circuit to generate high frequency signals Human Necessities 11 Active
US8283171B2 Method and apparatus for avalanche-mediated transfer of agents into cells Chemistry; Metallurgy 8 Active
US10555835B2 Laser eye surgery systems and methods of treating vitreous and ocular floaters Human Necessities 3 Active
US10973683B2 Methods and systems for laser ophthalmic surgery that provide for iris exposures below a predetermined exposure limit Human Necessities 2 Active
US11471328B2 Full depth laser ophthalmic surgical system, methods of calibrating the surgical system and treatment methods using the same Human Necessities 1 Active
US10485705B2 Sub-nanosecond laser cataract surgery system Human Necessities 1 Active
US11154424B2 Methods and systems for changing a refractive property of an implantable intraocular lens Physics 1 Active
US8101169B2 Ocular gene therapy using avalanche-mediated transfection Human Necessities 0 Active
US12042434B2 Calibration process for femtosecond laser intraocular lens modification system using video and OCT targeting Human Necessities 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.