Inventor · Sunnyvale, CA, US

Darin Gittings

44Patents
25h-index
61Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 5, 1996 → May 7, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5907893A Methods for the manufacture of radially expansible stents Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 730 Expired
US6327772A Method for fabricating a planar eversible lattice which forms a stent when everted Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 515 Expired
US7186265B2 Prosthetic cardiac valves and systems and methods for implanting thereof Human Necessities 497 Expired
US6203568A Endoluminal prostheses having position indicating markers Human Necessities 413 Expired
US5824042A Endoluminal prostheses having position indicating markers Human Necessities 402 Expired
US7241300B2 Components, systems and methods for forming anastomoses using magnetism or other coupling means Human Necessities 276 Expired
US6517558B2 Methods and devices for forming vascular anastomoses Human Necessities 239 Expired
US7232449B2 Components, systems and methods for forming anastomoses using magnetism or other coupling means Human Necessities 214 Expired
US8545535B2 Suture anchors with one-way cinching mechanisms Human Necessities 192 Active
US7025773B2 Methods and devices for placing a conduit in fluid communication with a target vessel Human Necessities 161 Expired
US7214234B2 Delivering a conduit into a heart wall to place a coronary vessel in communication with a heart chamber and removing tissue from the vessel or heart wall to facilitate such communication Human Necessities 155 Expired
US6719768B1 Magnetic components for use in forming anastomoses, creating ports in vessels and closing openings in tissue Electricity 127 Expired
US6355057B1 Staggered endoluminal stent Human Necessities 120 Expired
US8518062B2 Devices and methods for forming magnetic anastomoses between vessels Electricity 112 Active
US6802847B1 Devices and methods for forming magnetic anastomoses and ports in vessels Human Necessities 95 Expired
US6651670B2 Delivering a conduit into a heart wall to place a coronary vessel in communication with a heart chamber and removing tissue from the vessel or heart wall to facilitate such communication Human Necessities 91 Expired
US7431727B2 Magnetic components for use in forming anastomoses, creating ports in vessels and closing openings in tissue Electricity 90 Expired
US7938841B2 Components, systems and methods for forming anastomoses using magnetism or other coupling means Human Necessities 85 Active
US8529607B2 Sacral tether anchor and methods of use Human Necessities 81 Active
US7503930B2 Prosthetic cardiac valves and systems and methods for implanting thereof Human Necessities 77 Active
US9763780B2 Devices, systems and methods for heart valve replacement Human Necessities 55 Active
US7578828B2 Methods and devices for placing a conduit in fluid communication with a target vessel Human Necessities 54 Expired
US10016271B2 Prosthetic heart valve devices, prosthetic mitral valves and associated systems and methods Human Necessities 35 Active
US9314568B2 Devices and methods for tissue transfer Human Necessities 29 Active
US9901443B2 Prosthetic heart valve devices, prosthetic mitral valves and associated systems and methods Human Necessities 25 Active

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