David W. Smith
20Patents
13h-index
33Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Apr 1, 1980 → Jun 3, 2015
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6033412A | Automated implantable bone distractor for incremental bone adjustment | Human Necessities | 330 | Expired |
| US8219178B2 | Method and system for performing invasive medical procedures using a surgical robot | Human Necessities | 273 | Active |
| US8219177B2 | Method and system for performing invasive medical procedures using a surgical robot | Human Necessities | 237 | Active |
| US4566466A | Surgical instrument | Human Necessities | 226 | Expired |
| US6241675A | Methods and systems for determining velocity of tissue using three dimensional ultrasound data | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 79 | Expired |
| US4839614A | Frequency referencing system and method | Electricity | 42 | Expired |
| US6500123B1 | Methods and systems for aligning views of image data | Human Necessities | 41 | Expired |
| US5087822A | Illumination system with incident beams from near and far dark field for high speed surface inspection of rolled aluminum sheet | Physics | 34 | Expired |
| US8010181B2 | System utilizing radio frequency signals for tracking and improving navigation of slender instruments during insertion in the body | Human Necessities | 34 | Active |
| US4847477A | Reducing phase fluctuations in a coherent radiation beam using feedforward control | Physics | 26 | Expired |
| US4313081A | Line drop compensation device for an electrical distribution system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 19 | Expired |
| US4396863A | Synthetic willemite phosphors and fluorescent lamp containing the same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 17 | Expired |
| US9078685B2 | Method and system for performing invasive medical procedures using a surgical robot | Human Necessities | 16 | Active |
| US4817100A | Monitoring and controlling source stability | Electricity | 12 | Expired |
| US4426754A | Clamp for multiple electrical cables | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 12 | Expired |
| US4780876A | Method and apparatus for generating coherent radiation | Electricity | 11 | Expired |
| US7086394B2 | Grindable self-cleaning singulation saw blade and method | Performing Operations; Transporting | 2 | Expired |
| US7205643B2 | Stray field shielding structure for semiconductors | Electricity | 1 | Expired |
| US7267037B2 | Bidirectional singulation saw and method | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Expired |
| US10172678B2 | Method and system for performing invasive medical procedures using a surgical robot | Human Necessities | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.