Inventor · Novato, CA, US

Don Tran

49Patents
26h-index
83Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 28, 1994 → May 22, 2025

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8414645B2 Transcatheter valve delivery systems and methods Human Necessities 296 Active
US9717421B2 Implantable medical device delivery catheter with tether Human Necessities 230 Active
US8478431B2 Slidable fixation device for securing a medical implant Human Necessities 202 Active
US5613981A Bidirectional dual sinusoidal helix stent Human Necessities 171 Expired
US8740976B2 Transcatheter prosthetic heart valve delivery system with flush report Human Necessities 137 Active
US5735816A Spiral sheath retainer for autoperfusion dilatation catheter balloon Human Necessities 136 Expired
US5749852A Sheath system for autoperfusion dilatation catheter balloon Human Necessities 131 Expired
US8512400B2 Transcatheter heart valve delivery system with reduced area moment of inertia Human Necessities 128 Active
US8771344B2 Transcatheter heart valve delivery system with reduced area moment of inertia Human Necessities 120 Active
US9283382B2 Interventional medical systems, tools, and associated methods Human Necessities 120 Active
US9216293B2 Delivery system assemblies for implantable medical devices Human Necessities 119 Active
US5545138A Adjustable stiffness dilatation catheter Human Necessities 94 Expired
US6786918B1 Stent delivery system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 93 Expired
US8926588B2 Steerable delivery catheter Human Necessities 72 Active
US8721587B2 Delivery system assemblies and associated methods for implantable medical devices Human Necessities 63 Active
US9861815B2 Interventional medical systems, tools, and subassemblies Human Necessities 61 Active
US8727996B2 Delivery system for implantable medical device Human Necessities 53 Active
US8888773B2 Multi-electrode catheter assemblies for renal neuromodulation and associated systems and methods Human Necessities 48 Active
US5891386A Method for making catheter balloons Performing Operations; Transporting 46 Expired
US7967138B2 Packaging systems for percutaneously deliverable bioprosthetic valves Human Necessities 41 Active
US8945145B2 Delivery system assemblies for implantable medical devices Human Necessities 40 Active
US8945146B2 Delivery system assemblies and associated methods for implantable medical devices Human Necessities 35 Active
US8002763B2 Catheter flushing mandrel Human Necessities 35 Active
US6056837A Spiral sheath retainer for autoperfusion dilatation catheter balloon Human Necessities 28 Expired
US8876892B2 Prosthetic heart valve delivery system with spacing Human Necessities 27 Active

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