Inventor · Redwood City, CA, US

Bernard Andreas

122Patents
55h-index
81Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 22, 1992 → Mar 3, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5527322A Device and method for suturing of internal puncture sites Human Necessities 781 Expired
US6136010A Articulating suturing device and method Human Necessities 760 Expired
US7326236B2 Devices and methods for controlling and indicating the length of an interventional element Human Necessities 719 Expired
US5613974A Apparatus and method for vascular closure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 713 Expired
US8419755B2 Obesity treatment tools and methods Human Necessities 669 Active
US6558400B2 Obesity treatment tools and methods Human Necessities 641 Expired
US6206893A Device and method for suturing of internal puncture sites Human Necessities 623 Expired
US6036699A Device and method for suturing tissue Human Necessities 527 Expired
US5250059A Atherectomy catheter having flexible nose cone Human Necessities 433 Expired
US5792152A Device and method for suturing of internal puncture sites Human Necessities 390 Expired
US7001400B1 Articulating suturing device and method Human Necessities 386 Expired
US7323006B2 Rapid exchange interventional devices and methods Human Necessities 344 Expired
US7083629B2 Overtube apparatus for insertion into a body Human Necessities 308 Expired
US5797929A Apparatus and methods for advancing surgical knots Human Necessities 307 Expired
US5921994A Low profile intraluminal suturing device and method Human Necessities 271 Expired
US5746755A Method and device for providing hemostasis at vascular penetration sites Human Necessities 271 Expired
US7306614B2 Overtube apparatus for insertion into a body Human Necessities 264 Active
US5902311A Low profile intraluminal suturing device and method Human Necessities 250 Expired
US6355050B1 Device and method for suturing tissue Human Necessities 245 Expired
US7137993B2 Apparatus and methods for delivery of multiple distributed stents Human Necessities 243 Expired
US6694979B2 Methods and devices for use in performing pulmonary procedures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 233 Expired
US7294146B2 Apparatus and methods for delivery of variable length stents Human Necessities 221 Expired
US6904909B2 Methods and devices for use in performing pulmonary procedures Human Necessities 216 Expired
US7300456B2 Custom-length self-expanding stent delivery systems with stent bumpers Human Necessities 191 Expired
US6117145A Method and device for providing hemostasis at vascular penetration sites Human Necessities 190 Expired

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