David C. Yates
548Patents
231h-index
254Co-inventors
93Inventor score
Filing activity: Jan 18, 1991 → Jun 4, 2024
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5403312A | Electrosurgical hemostatic device | Human Necessities | 3,916 | Expired |
| US5624452A | Hemostatic surgical cutting or stapling instrument | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 3,186 | Expired |
| US5735848A | Electrosurgical stapling device | Human Necessities | 3,115 | Expired |
| US5810811A | Electrosurgical hemostatic device | Human Necessities | 2,955 | Expired |
| US5531744A | Alternative current pathways for bipolar surgical cutting tool | Physics | 2,912 | Expired |
| US5716366A | Hemostatic surgical cutting or stapling instrument | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 2,847 | Expired |
| USH1904H | Electrosurgical hemostatic method and device | General | 2,741 | Active |
| US5558671A | Impedance feedback monitor for electrosurgical instrument | Human Necessities | 2,596 | Expired |
| US5709680A | Electrosurgical hemostatic device | Human Necessities | 2,574 | Expired |
| US5817093A | Impedance feedback monitor with query electrode for electrosurgical instrument | Human Necessities | 2,529 | Expired |
| US7922061B2 | Surgical instrument with automatically reconfigurable articulating end effector | Human Necessities | 2,465 | Active |
| US6024741A | Surgical tissue treating device with locking mechanism | Human Necessities | 2,432 | Expired |
| US8210411B2 | Motor-driven surgical cutting instrument | Human Necessities | 2,425 | Active |
| US5688270A | Electrosurgical hemostatic device with recessed and/or offset electrodes | Human Necessities | 2,386 | Expired |
| US5833690A | Electrosurgical device and method | Human Necessities | 2,335 | Expired |
| US5876401A | Electrosurgical hemostatic device with adaptive electrodes | Human Necessities | 2,334 | Expired |
| US5807393A | Surgical tissue treating device with locking mechanism | Human Necessities | 2,320 | Expired |
| US5693051A | Electrosurgical hemostatic device with adaptive electrodes | Human Necessities | 2,285 | Expired |
| US5755717A | Electrosurgical clamping device with improved coagulation feedback | Human Necessities | 2,217 | Expired |
| US8161977B2 | Accessing data stored in a memory of a surgical instrument | Human Necessities | 2,165 | Active |
| US6676660B2 | Feedback light apparatus and method for use with an electrosurgical instrument | Human Necessities | 2,165 | Expired |
| US6003517A | Method for using an electrosurgical device on lung tissue | Human Necessities | 2,139 | Expired |
| US5599350A | Electrosurgical clamping device with coagulation feedback | Human Necessities | 2,120 | Expired |
| US9808246B2 | Method of operating a powered surgical instrument | Human Necessities | 2,053 | Active |
| US8397971B2 | Sterilizable surgical instrument | Human Necessities | 2,052 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.