Inventor · Santa Clara, CA, US

Daniel Castro

39Patents
13h-index
16Co-inventors
74Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 23, 1999 → Sep 5, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6395326B1 Apparatus and method for depositing a coating onto a surface of a prosthesis Performing Operations; Transporting 605 Expired
US6716444B1 Barriers for polymer-coated implantable medical devices and methods for making the same Human Necessities 351 Expired
US6616765B1 Apparatus and method for depositing a coating onto a surface of a prosthesis Performing Operations; Transporting 264 Expired
US6713119B2 Biocompatible coating for a prosthesis and a method of forming the same Human Necessities 227 Expired
US6953560B1 Barriers for polymer-coated implantable medical devices and methods for making the same Human Necessities 88 Expired
US8709071B1 Stent with preferential coating Human Necessities 46 Active
US7666342B2 Method of manufacturing a stent from a polymer tube Performing Operations; Transporting 41 Active
US7691401B2 Poly(butylmethacrylate) and rapamycin coated stent Human Necessities 38 Active
US8062465B1 Methods for improved stent retention Human Necessities 22 Active
US7455876B2 Apparatus and method for depositing a coating onto a surface of a prosthesis Performing Operations; Transporting 21 Active
US7998404B2 Reduced temperature sterilization of stents Human Necessities 20 Active
US7323210B2 Method for depositing a coating onto a surface of a prosthesis Performing Operations; Transporting 20 Expired
US8333000B2 Methods for improving stent retention on a balloon catheter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Active
US8795030B2 Surface treatment of a polymeric stent Human Necessities 13 Active
US7886419B2 Stent crimping apparatus and method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US7757543B2 Radio frequency identification monitoring of stents Human Necessities 4 Active
US7998524B2 Methods to improve adhesion of polymer coatings over stents Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US9339568B2 Reduced temperature sterilization of stents Human Necessities 2 Active
US8003158B2 Spray coating stents with fixed No. of layers Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active
US8925177B2 Methods for improving stent retention on a balloon catheter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US8309022B2 Reduced temperature sterilization of stents Human Necessities 2 Active
US8747736B2 Reduced temperature sterilization of stents Human Necessities 2 Active
US9188558B2 Radio frequency identification monitoring of stents Human Necessities 1 Active
US9750853B2 Stent with preferential coating Human Necessities 1 Active
US8569726B2 Reduced temperature sterilization of stents Human Necessities 1 Active

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