Inventor · Bloomington, IN, US

Andrew K. Hoffa

36Patents
17h-index
33Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 5, 2001 → Aug 13, 2014

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7618447B2 Artificial valve prosthesis with improved flow dynamics Human Necessities 404 Expired
US7452371B2 Implantable vascular device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 388 Expired
US7628803B2 Implantable vascular device Human Necessities 197 Expired
US8221492B2 Artificial valve prosthesis with improved flow dynamics Human Necessities 164 Expired
US7128759B2 Implantable medical device with constrained expansion Human Necessities 162 Expired
US8157810B2 Prosthesis adapted for placement under external imaging Human Necessities 120 Active
US7036510B2 Percutaneous tracheostomy balloon apparatus Human Necessities 92 Expired
US6916308B2 High pressure injection syringe Human Necessities 86 Expired
US7651469B2 Low friction coated marked wire guide for over the wire insertion of a catheter Human Necessities 76 Expired
US7871430B2 Medical device delivery system Human Necessities 57 Active
US7604661B2 Implantable vascular device Human Necessities 55 Active
US7753868B2 Multi-lumen catheter Human Necessities 41 Active
US7604618B2 High pressure injection syringe Human Necessities 35 Active
US7909862B2 Delivery systems and methods for deploying expandable intraluminal medical devices Human Necessities 26 Expired
US7520894B2 Implantable vascular device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US8382822B2 Implantable vascular device Human Necessities 21 Active
US8100881B2 Flexible medical device for clot removal from small vessels Human Necessities 18 Active
US7628804B2 Prosthetic valve with vessel engaging member Human Necessities 17 Expired
US8613763B2 Implantable vascular device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US7717951B2 Delivery system that facilitates visual inspection of an intraluminal medical device Human Necessities 9 Active
US8052650B2 Device with removable projections Human Necessities 7 Active
US7670366B2 Intraluminal support device with graft Human Necessities 6 Active
US8424534B2 Loading dilator with transition balloon Human Necessities 6 Active
US8771338B2 Intralumenally-implantable frames Human Necessities 5 Active
US8444687B2 Implantable vascular device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active

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