Benjamin D. McDaniel
23Patents
15h-index
12Co-inventors
74Inventor score
Filing activity: Feb 21, 2001 → Jan 18, 2019
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7276062B2 | Deflectable catheter with hinge | Human Necessities | 180 | Expired |
| US7077823B2 | Bidirectional steerable catheter with slidable mated puller wires | Human Necessities | 110 | Expired |
| US8007495B2 | Catheter for circumferential ablation at or near a pulmonary vein | Human Necessities | 86 | Expired |
| US7959601B2 | Steerable catheter with in-plane deflection | Human Necessities | 66 | Active |
| US8256428B2 | Method for treating tissue | Human Necessities | 56 | Expired |
| US6497646B1 | Intravascular radiotherapy source ribbon having variable radiopacity | Human Necessities | 47 | Expired |
| US7776017B2 | Catheter clamp | Human Necessities | 36 | Active |
| US9101733B2 | Catheter with biased planar deflection | Human Necessities | 32 | Active |
| US8882705B2 | Steerable catheter with in-plane deflection | Human Necessities | 30 | Active |
| US6800055B2 | Low attenuating radioactive seeds | Human Necessities | 28 | Expired |
| US8945120B2 | Catheter for circumferential ablation at or near a pulmonary vein | Human Necessities | 26 | Active |
| US8728073B2 | Multi-region staged inflation balloon | Human Necessities | 23 | Active |
| US6669621B2 | Method and assembly for containing radioactive materials | Human Necessities | 22 | Expired |
| US6773390B2 | Radioactive source ribbon assembly | Human Necessities | 19 | Expired |
| US9089339B2 | Electrophysiology catheter with improved tip electrode | Human Necessities | 19 | Active |
| US9636482B2 | Deflectable catheter with hinge | Human Necessities | 15 | Active |
| US9662473B2 | Deflectable catheter with a high modulus fiber puller element | Human Necessities | 12 | Active |
| US10183150B2 | Deflectable catheter with hinge | Human Necessities | 8 | Active |
| US7104982B2 | Catheter grip | Human Necessities | 6 | Expired |
| US8764743B2 | Deflectable catheter with hinge | Human Necessities | 6 | Active |
| US7628783B2 | Catheter grip | Human Necessities | 2 | Active |
| US8540696B2 | Deflectable catheter with a high modulus fiber puller element | Human Necessities | 2 | Active |
| US10814100B2 | Deflectable catheter with hinge | Human Necessities | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.