Inventor · Boulder, CO, US

David A. Simon

38Patents
23h-index
39Co-inventors
85Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 28, 1989 → Aug 19, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6205411A Computer-assisted surgery planner and intra-operative guidance system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1,136 Expired
US5880976A Apparatus and method for facilitating the implantation of artificial components in joints Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 669 Expired
US6920347B2 Trajectory storage apparatus and method for surgical navigation systems Human Necessities 575 Expired
US6002859A Apparatus and method facilitating the implantation of artificial components in joints Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 539 Expired
US5995738A Apparatus and method for facilitating the implantation of artificial components in joints Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 373 Expired
US7630753B2 Method and apparatus for perspective inversion Human Necessities 373 Active
US7853305B2 Trajectory storage apparatus and method for surgical navigation systems Human Necessities 341 Active
US7606613B2 Navigational guidance via computer-assisted fluoroscopic imaging Human Necessities 329 Expired
US8634897B2 Trajectory storage apparatus and method for surgical navigation systems Human Necessities 305 Active
US8150494B2 Apparatus for registering a physical space to image space Human Necessities 285 Active
US8660635B2 Method and apparatus for optimizing a computer assisted surgical procedure Human Necessities 281 Active
US8112292B2 Method and apparatus for optimizing a therapy Human Necessities 268 Active
US8548563B2 Method for registering a physical space to image space Human Necessities 243 Active
US8717430B2 System and method for radio-frequency imaging, registration, and localization Electricity 242 Active
US7996064B2 System and method for placing and determining an appropriately sized surgical implant Human Necessities 127 Active
US6947786B2 Method and apparatus for perspective inversion Human Necessities 116 Expired
US4988202A Solder joint inspection system and method Physics 57 Expired
US5483535A Communications network interface, and adapter and method therefor Electricity 34 Expired
US5537846A Control pedal disabling device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 34 Expired
US9757087B2 Method and apparatus for perspective inversion Human Necessities 33 Active
US8838199B2 Method and apparatus for virtual digital subtraction angiography Human Necessities 29 Active
US6751295B2 Method and apparatus for measuring communication market statistics Electricity 26 Expired
US8503745B2 System and method for automatic registration between an image and a subject Physics 25 Active
US9311335B2 Diffusion tensor imaging confidence analysis Physics 14 Active
US6766674B2 Control pedal disabling device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired

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