Inventor · Irvine, CA, US

Benjamin D. McDaniel

23Patents
15h-index
12Co-inventors
74Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 21, 2001 → Jan 18, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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.