Inventor · Santa Clara, CA, US

Charles D. Claude

46Patents
15h-index
41Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 29, 1999 → Oct 3, 2014

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6780424B2 Controlled morphologies in polymer drug for release of drugs from polymer films Human Necessities 127 Expired
US6702744B2 Agents that stimulate therapeutic angiogenesis and techniques and devices that enable their delivery Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 94 Expired
US6994867B1 Biocompatible carrier containing L-arginine Human Necessities 86 Expired
US7776926B1 Biocompatible coating for implantable medical devices Human Necessities 60 Expired
US6946173B2 Catheter balloon formed of ePTFE and a diene polymer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 57 Expired
US7641643B2 Methods and compositions to treat myocardial conditions Human Necessities 41 Active
US7361368B2 Device and method for combining a treatment agent and a gel Human Necessities 37 Expired
US7201935B1 Plasma-generated coatings for medical devices and methods for fabricating thereof Performing Operations; Transporting 37 Expired
US7560492B1 Polysulfone block copolymers as drug-eluting coating material Human Necessities 36 Expired
US7261946B2 Block copolymers of acrylates and methacrylates with fluoroalkenes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 35 Expired
US8521259B2 Agents that stimulate therapeutic angiogenesis and techniques and devices that enable their delivery Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 34 Active
US7637941B1 Endothelial cell binding coatings for rapid encapsulation of bioerodable stents Human Necessities 25 Expired
US6512606B1 Optical storage media and method for optical data storage via local changes in reflectivity of a format grating Physics 22 Expired
US7396582B2 Medical device chemically modified by plasma polymerization Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US7795467B1 Bioabsorbable, biobeneficial polyurethanes for use in medical devices Chemistry; Metallurgy 17 Active
US9561309B2 Antifouling heparin coatings Chemistry; Metallurgy 15 Active
US7056523B1 Implantable medical devices incorporating chemically conjugated polymers and oligomers of L-arginine Performing Operations; Transporting 15 Expired
US9656030B1 System for the injection of cells and/or biologically active materials into coronary arteries for therapeutic purposes Human Necessities 14 Active
US8123799B1 Modified implantable device surface and a method of making the same Performing Operations; Transporting 13 Expired
US6793960B1 Medical device having surface modification with superoxide dismutase mimic Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US8383158B2 Methods and compositions to treat myocardial conditions Human Necessities 13 Expired
US7854944B2 Tissue regeneration Human Necessities 12 Active
US8309112B2 Coatings for implantable medical devices comprising hydrophilic substances and methods for fabricating the same Human Necessities 9 Active
US7441513B1 Plasma-generated coating apparatus for medical devices and a method of coating deposition Human Necessities 7 Expired
US7364748B2 Controlled morphologies in polymer drug for release of drugs from polymer films Human Necessities 7 Expired

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