Curt Kranz
46Patents
26h-index
38Co-inventors
85Inventor score
Filing activity: Dec 1, 1982 → Dec 10, 2014
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5002576A | Intervertebral disk endoprosthesis | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 628 | Expired |
| US4562598A | Joint prosthesis | Human Necessities | 293 | Expired |
| US5755798A | Intervertebral implant | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 273 | Expired |
| US6579309B1 | Stent for vessel branchings | Human Necessities | 161 | Expired |
| US4676797A | Unit for resection prosthesis | Human Necessities | 131 | Expired |
| US8940026B2 | Apparatus for the constant-angle fixation and compression of a fracture or osteotomy of a bone | Human Necessities | 109 | Active |
| US4842606A | Bone implant | Human Necessities | 91 | Expired |
| US8177820B2 | Bone plate comprising at least one screw to be fixed at a stable angle | Human Necessities | 87 | Active |
| US4878917A | Modular assembly for a shaft prosthesis | Human Necessities | 78 | Expired |
| US6805709B1 | Stent having discontinuous coating in the form of coating islands | Human Necessities | 77 | Expired |
| US9161795B2 | Bone plate system for osteosynthesis | Human Necessities | 75 | Active |
| US4981481A | Marrow nail for the treatment of bone fractures according to the marrow cavity nailing procedure and marrow nail tool | Human Necessities | 73 | Expired |
| US6136035A | Modular joint prosthesis | Human Necessities | 69 | Expired |
| US5057110A | Intramedullar nail | Human Necessities | 61 | Expired |
| US5968093A | Stent | Human Necessities | 59 | Expired |
| US4963154A | Acetabular cup as part of a hip joint prosthesis | Human Necessities | 54 | Expired |
| US6650920B2 | Apparatus for the automatic performance of diagnostic and/or therapeutic actions in body cavites | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 52 | Expired |
| US6547757B1 | Catheter | Human Necessities | 50 | Expired |
| US6238436A | Modular artificial hip joint | Human Necessities | 46 | Expired |
| US4978357A | Endoprosthesis | Human Necessities | 45 | Expired |
| US4919678A | Hip joint prosthesis having a cylindrical shaft portion | Human Necessities | 43 | Expired |
| US6102956A | Modular endoprosthesis | Human Necessities | 42 | Expired |
| US6312456A | Biocompatible stent with radiopaque markers | Human Necessities | 39 | Expired |
| US5156628A | Shaft prosthesis | Human Necessities | 38 | Expired |
| USD740943S1 | Bone plate | General | 33 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.