Inventor · Livermore, CA, US

Chad C. Roue

71Patents
42h-index
36Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 29, 1997 → Oct 18, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6290674A Method and apparatus for closing intracardiac septal defects Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 867 Expired
US6419669B1 Method and apparatus for patching a tissue opening Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 683 Expired
US6328727A Transluminal anastomosis method and apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 680 Expired
US7128073B1 Method and device for left atrial appendage occlusion Human Necessities 485 Expired
US7152605B2 Adjustable left atrial appendage implant deployment system Human Necessities 424 Expired
US7597704B2 Left atrial appendage occlusion device with active expansion Human Necessities 399 Expired
US6746472B2 Endoluminal anchor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 380 Expired
US6994092B2 Device for containing embolic material in the LAA having a plurality of tissue retention structures Human Necessities 371 Expired
US5984929A Fast detaching electronically isolated implant Human Necessities 364 Expired
US7056294B2 Method and apparatus for accessing the left atrial appendage Human Necessities 331 Expired
US6436088B1 Method and apparatus for closing a subcutaneous tissue opening Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 331 Expired
US6712804B2 Method of closing an opening in a wall of the heart Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 305 Expired
US7044134B2 Method of implanting a device in the left atrial appendage Human Necessities 295 Expired
US7992567B2 System and method for percutaneous glossoplasty Human Necessities 284 Active
US6702825B2 Anastomosis catheter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 233 Expired
US7549983B2 Method of closing an opening in a wall of the heart Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 226 Active
US6350270B1 Aneurysm liner Human Necessities 218 Expired
US6156061A Fast-detaching electrically insulated implant Human Necessities 215 Expired
US6458100B2 Atrial septal defect closure catheter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 213 Expired
US6165178A Fast detaching electrically isolated implant Human Necessities 195 Expired
US5941888A Vaso-occlusive member assembly with multiple detaching points Human Necessities 165 Expired
US6468266B1 Fast detaching electrically isolated implant Human Necessities 157 Expired
US7735493B2 System and method for delivering a left atrial appendage containment device Human Necessities 152 Expired
US6425914B1 Fast-detaching electrically insulated implant Human Necessities 144 Expired
US7025756B2 Method of securing tissue Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 137 Expired

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