Dan Wittenberger
100Patents
32h-index
66Co-inventors
93Inventor score
Filing activity: Feb 27, 1997 → May 20, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5899899A | Cryosurgical linear ablation structure | Human Necessities | 364 | Expired |
| US6270476A | Catheter | Human Necessities | 354 | Expired |
| US5899898A | Cryosurgical linear ablation | Human Necessities | 322 | Expired |
| US6585717B1 | Deflection structure | Human Necessities | 275 | Expired |
| US6106518A | Variable geometry tip for a cryosurgical ablation device | Human Necessities | 252 | Expired |
| US6270493A | Cryoablation structure | Human Necessities | 244 | Expired |
| US7097641B1 | Catheter with cryogenic and heating ablation | Human Necessities | 230 | Expired |
| US6635053B1 | Cooling system | Human Necessities | 193 | Expired |
| US6890329B2 | Defined deflection structure | Human Necessities | 183 | Expired |
| US6575933B1 | Mechanical support for an expandable membrane | Human Necessities | 174 | Expired |
| US6669689B2 | Cryosurgical catheter | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 149 | Expired |
| US6592577B2 | Cooling system | Human Necessities | 125 | Expired |
| US6235019A | Cryosurgical catheter | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 116 | Expired |
| US6595988B2 | Cryotreatment device and method | Human Necessities | 104 | Expired |
| US7955298B2 | Defined deflection structure | Human Necessities | 88 | Active |
| US8617228B2 | Method and system for preventing nerve injury during a medical procedure | Human Necessities | 87 | Active |
| USRE43007E1 | Cooling system | General | 87 | Active |
| US9398931B2 | Method and system for preventing nerve injury during a medical procedure | Human Necessities | 73 | Active |
| US6540740B2 | Cryosurgical catheter | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 63 | Expired |
| US6546932B1 | Cryogenic method and apparatus for promoting angiogenesis | Human Necessities | 57 | Expired |
| US7794454B2 | Method and device for epicardial ablation | Human Necessities | 49 | Active |
| US7625369B2 | Method and device for epicardial ablation | Human Necessities | 49 | Active |
| US7951140B2 | Catheter with cryogenic and electrical heating ablation | Human Necessities | 47 | Active |
| US9333023B2 | Balloon catheter with deformable fluid delivery conduit | Human Necessities | 42 | Active |
| US9468485B2 | Real-time lesion formation assessment | Human Necessities | 41 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.