David Vilkomerson
43Patents
17h-index
12Co-inventors
78Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 15, 1973 → Sep 4, 2015
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5161536A | Ultrasonic position indicating apparatus and methods | Human Necessities | 417 | Expired |
| US4407294A | Ultrasound tissue probe localization system | Human Necessities | 247 | Expired |
| US5343865A | Apparatus and method for locating an interventional medical device with a ultrasound color imaging system | Human Necessities | 228 | Expired |
| US5425370A | Method and apparatus for locating vibrating devices | Human Necessities | 227 | Expired |
| US4249539A | Ultrasound needle tip localization system | Human Necessities | 224 | Expired |
| US6176829A | Multi-beam diffraction grating imager apparatus and method | Human Necessities | 216 | Expired |
| US5669388A | Apparatus and method for automatic placement of transducer | Human Necessities | 207 | Expired |
| US5373845A | Apparatus and method for forward looking volume imaging | Human Necessities | 155 | Expired |
| US5076278A | Annular ultrasonic transducers employing curved surfaces useful in catheter localization | Human Necessities | 106 | Expired |
| US5540230A | Diffracting doppler-transducer | Physics | 98 | Expired |
| US5329927A | Apparatus and method for locating an interventional medical device with a ultrasound color imaging system | Human Necessities | 79 | Expired |
| US5713362A | Higher-order quadrature driven diffraction grating doppler transducers | Physics | 78 | Expired |
| US6346081B1 | Angle-independent continuous wave doppler device | Human Necessities | 77 | Expired |
| US4298009A | Ultrasound mammary scanning apparatus | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 23 | Expired |
| US3953822A | Wave-energy imaging technique | Physics | 20 | Expired |
| US5488953A | Diffracting doppler-transducer | Performing Operations; Transporting | 19 | Expired |
| US4417582A | Resolution measuring device for acoustical imaging systems and method of use | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US4153894A | Random phase diffuser for reflective imaging | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US4508122A | Ultrasonic scanning apparatus and techniques | Physics | 14 | Expired |
| US4019818A | Interferometric technique for determining ultrasonic wave intensity | Physics | 11 | Expired |
| US3978508A | Pressure sensitive field effect device | Electricity | 11 | Expired |
| US4168628A | Pulse-echo ultrasonic-imaging display system having time-varied effective aperture | Physics | 10 | Expired |
| US3969578A | Visual display of ultrasonic radiation pattern | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US7963920B2 | Vessel flow monitoring system and method | Physics | 8 | Active |
| US4131024A | Pulse-echo ultrasonic-imaging display system | Physics | 6 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.