Inventor · Saratoga, CA, US

Don Tanaka

56Patents
19h-index
30Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 1, 1999 → Mar 29, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6283988A Bronchial stenter having expandable electrodes Human Necessities 391 Expired
US6692494B1 Methods and devices for creating collateral channels in the lungs Human Necessities 282 Expired
US6629951B2 Devices for creating collateral in the lungs Human Necessities 277 Expired
US6749606B2 Devices for creating collateral channels Human Necessities 276 Expired
US6712812B2 Devices for creating collateral channels Human Necessities 276 Expired
US10244926B2 Detecting endolumenal buckling of flexible instruments Human Necessities 210 Active
US7175644B2 Devices and methods for maintaining collateral channels in tissue Human Necessities 163 Expired
US6886558B2 Collateral ventilation bypass trap system Human Necessities 148 Expired
US7086398B2 Long term oxygen therapy system Human Necessities 87 Expired
US7195017B2 Collateral ventilation bypass trap system Human Necessities 65 Expired
US7252086B2 Lung reduction system Human Necessities 61 Expired
US7608086B2 Anastomosis wire ring device Human Necessities 42 Expired
US7753052B2 Intra-thoracic collateral ventilation bypass system Human Necessities 34 Active
US7406963B2 Variable resistance pulmonary ventilation bypass valve and method Human Necessities 29 Expired
US7426929B2 Intra/extra-thoracic collateral ventilation bypass system and method Human Necessities 27 Expired
US7377278B2 Intra-thoracic collateral ventilation bypass system and method Human Necessities 23 Expired
US7533667B2 Methods and devices to assist pulmonary decompression Human Necessities 23 Active
US7398782B2 Method for pulmonary drug delivery Human Necessities 22 Expired
US8518053B2 Surgical instruments for creating a pneumostoma and treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Human Necessities 22 Active
US7896008B2 Lung reduction system Human Necessities 19 Active
US7931641B2 Visceral pleura ring connector Human Necessities 19 Active
US7824366B2 Collateral ventilation device with chest tube/evacuation features and method Human Necessities 16 Active
US8062315B2 Variable parietal/visceral pleural coupling Human Necessities 15 Active
US8252003B2 Surgical instruments for creating a pneumostoma and treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Human Necessities 14 Active
US7682332B2 Methods to accelerate wound healing in thoracic anastomosis applications Human Necessities 13 Active

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