Christopher McDonnell
27Patents
15h-index
26Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Jul 5, 1977 → Mar 16, 2020
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5785647A | Surgical instruments useful for spinal surgery | Human Necessities | 1,605 | Expired |
| US5873886A | Surgical cutting apparatus | Human Necessities | 274 | Expired |
| US5851214A | Surgical instrument useful for endoscopic procedures | Human Necessities | 193 | Expired |
| US5591184A | Fluid jet surgical cutting instrument | Human Necessities | 128 | Expired |
| US6436141B1 | Apparatus for fusing adjacent bone structures | Human Necessities | 56 | Expired |
| US6126688A | Apparatus for fusion of adjacent bone structures | Human Necessities | 56 | Expired |
| US5813977A | Surgical hand support apparatus | Human Necessities | 46 | Expired |
| US8956394B1 | Woven retention devices, systems and methods | Textiles; Paper | 31 | Active |
| US7105025B2 | Low profile fusion cage and insertion set | Human Necessities | 23 | Expired |
| USD659350S1 | Medical scrub top | General | 22 | Expired |
| US8556944B2 | System and method for vertebral body plating | Human Necessities | 21 | Active |
| USD740427S1 | Orthopedic woven retention device | General | 20 | Active |
| US9414932B2 | Stand alone anterior cage | Human Necessities | 19 | Active |
| US10588677B2 | Woven retention devices, systems and methods | Textiles; Paper | 17 | Active |
| US4129548A | Hardenable resin compositions | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 17 | Expired |
| US6783545B2 | Low profile fusion cage and insertion set | Human Necessities | 15 | Expired |
| US8992537B1 | Woven retention devices, systems and methods | Textiles; Paper | 14 | Active |
| US8454644B2 | Switching stick dilation method and apparatus | Human Necessities | 13 | Active |
| US9532806B2 | Woven retention devices, systems and methods | Textiles; Paper | 12 | Active |
| US9943351B2 | Woven retention devices, systems, packaging, and related methods | Human Necessities | 10 | Active |
| US9907593B2 | Woven retention devices, systems and methods | Textiles; Paper | 10 | Active |
| US5547463A | Surgical hand support apparatus | Human Necessities | 8 | Expired |
| US8226691B2 | Insertion guide for a spinal implant | Human Necessities | 7 | Active |
| US7070621B2 | Low profile fusion cage and insertion set | Human Necessities | 7 | Expired |
| US8267967B2 | Methods and apparatus for modular and variable spinal fixation | Human Necessities | 4 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.