Inventor · Gossau, CH

Beat Lechmann

79Patents
26h-index
46Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 2, 2002 → Jun 14, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7846207B2 Intervertebral implant Human Necessities 367 Active
US7862616B2 Intervertebral implant Human Necessities 331 Active
US7641693B2 Intervertebral implant Human Necessities 331 Active
US7473276B2 Intervertebral implant with joint parts mounted on roller bodies Human Necessities 326 Expired
US8551173B2 Expandable intervertebral implant and associated method of manufacturing the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 298 Active
US7442208B2 Interspinal prosthesis Human Necessities 245 Expired
US8940052B2 Expandable implant Human Necessities 208 Active
US7044972B2 Bone implant, in particular, an inter-vertebral implant Human Necessities 180 Expired
US9295562B2 Expandable intervertebral implant and associated method of manufacturing the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 180 Active
US7699878B2 Method for locking an artificial facet between two vertebral bodies Human Necessities 148 Active
US9433510B2 Expandable intervertebral implant and associated method of manufacturing the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 141 Active
US7887591B2 Intervertebral implant comprising joint parts that are mounted to form a universal joint Human Necessities 133 Expired
US9597197B2 Expandable intervertebral implant and associated method of manufacturing the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 122 Active
US7270682B2 Intervertebral implant Human Necessities 75 Expired
US10433977B2 Expandable intervertebral implant and associated method of manufacturing the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 72 Active
US8709085B2 Intervertebral implant Human Necessities 68 Active
US10449058B2 Expandable intervertebral implant and associated method of manufacturing the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 65 Active
US7704280B2 Intervertebral implant comprising temporary blocking means Human Necessities 61 Active
US8764831B2 Intervertebral implant Human Necessities 54 Active
US10058433B2 Expandable implant Human Necessities 52 Active
US8114141B2 Dynamic bone fixation element and method of using the same Human Necessities 43 Active
US9561117B2 Expandable implant Human Necessities 39 Active
US8668722B2 Method for locking an artificial facet between two vertebral bodies Human Necessities 38 Active
US8252059B2 Full-metal dampening intervertebral implant Human Necessities 29 Active
US8388686B2 Intervertebral implant with tiltable joint parts Human Necessities 29 Active

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