Inventor · Hopkinton, MA, US

David C. Rueger

84Patents
27h-index
23Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 8, 1988 → Mar 18, 2011

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6281195A Matrix-free osteogenic devices, implants and methods of use thereof Human Necessities 247 Expired
US5011691A Osteogenic devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 198 Expired
US4968590A Osteogenic proteins and polypeptides Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 189 Expired
US5013653A Product and process for introduction of a hinge region into a fusion protein to facilitate cleavage Chemistry; Metallurgy 138 Expired
US5344654A Prosthetic devices having enhanced osteogenic properties Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 133 Expired
US6110482A Manufacture of autogenous replacement body parts Human Necessities 128 Expired
US5266683A Osteogenic proteins Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 128 Expired
US5108753A Osteogenic devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 127 Expired
US5354557A Osteogenic devices Human Necessities 124 Expired
US6027743A Manufacture of autogenous replacement body parts Human Necessities 110 Expired
US5324819A Osteogenic proteins Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 108 Expired
US7041641B2 Osteogenic devices and methods of use thereof for repair of endochondral bone and osteochondral defects Human Necessities 78 Expired
US5674292A Terminally sterilized osteogenic devices and preparation thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 73 Expired
US6426332B1 Matrix-free osteogenic devices, implants and methods of use thereof Human Necessities 66 Expired
US6504079B2 Terminally sterilized osteogenic devices and preparation thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 56 Expired
US6297213A Osteogenic devices Human Necessities 55 Expired
US5258494A Osteogenic proteins Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 50 Expired
US5906827A Matrix for the manufacture of autogenous replacement body parts Human Necessities 50 Expired
US5674844A Treatment to prevent loss of and/or increase bone mass in metabolic bone diseases Physics 48 Expired
US5750651A Cartilage and bone-inducing proteins Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 47 Expired
US6586388B2 Method of using recombinant osteogenic protein to repair bone or cartilage defects Human Necessities 44 Expired
US6013856A Terminally sterilized osteogenic devices and preparation thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 42 Expired
US5656593A Morphogen induced periodontal tissue regeneration Physics 42 Expired
US6461630B1 Terminally sterilized osteogenic devices and preparation thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 36 Expired
US5468845A Antibodies to osteogenic proteins Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Expired

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