Inventor · Columbus, OH, US

Donald J. Hackman

38Patents
17h-index
49Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 11, 1977 → Apr 26, 2012

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6645207B2 Method and apparatus for dynamized spinal stabilization Human Necessities 491 Expired
US6656181B2 Method and device utilizing tapered screw shanks for spinal stabilization Human Necessities 305 Expired
US6682530B2 Dynamized vertebral stabilizer using an outrigger implant Human Necessities 142 Expired
US6695845B2 Method and apparatus utilizing interference fit screw shanks for nonmetallic spinal stabilization Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 140 Expired
US6663637B2 Vertebral distraction stabilizer Human Necessities 81 Expired
US6666870B2 Method utilizing chemical bonding to improve the bone screw fixation interface Human Necessities 61 Expired
US6709438B2 Cam action vertebral spreader Human Necessities 54 Expired
US5487229A Apparatus for pneumatic excavation Fixed Constructions 51 Expired
US7104991B2 Method and device for using extended interference fit screw shanks for spinal stabilization Human Necessities 40 Expired
US5038523A Seawater hydraulic rotary disk tool Performing Operations; Transporting 33 Expired
USD497993S1 Bioabsorbable structural interbody vertebral implant General 28 Expired
US5788212A Pressure relief device with shaped memory alloy thermally activated trigger Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 24 Expired
USD462247S1 Toggle actuated sheet metal end shear General 23 Expired
US5427268A Ceramic pressure housing with metal endcaps Physics 19 Expired
US4217717A Automatic weapon simulator Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 18 Expired
US6155310A Machinery for automated manufacture of formed wire innerspring assemblies Performing Operations; Transporting 17 Expired
USD423377S Radiation detecting probe General 17 Expired
US5791367A Pressure relief device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US5236675A Gas generator with circumferential joints Performing Operations; Transporting 13 Expired
US4869136A Fastener gripping mechanism for bolt running operations Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US4433633A Controlled gas generator system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
USD524941S1 Absorbable threaded bone cage implant General 11 Expired
USD424453S Detector unit for radiation detecting probe General 10 Expired
US4593885A Portable balanced motion compensated lift apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US4448569A Lift sling emplacement device Performing Operations; Transporting 9 Expired

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