Inventor · Belmont, MA, US

Eric R. Cosman

55Patents
36h-index
19Co-inventors
85Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 24, 1980 → May 4, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6575969B1 Cool-tip radiofrequency thermosurgery electrode system for tumor ablation Human Necessities 1,700 Expired
US4353371A Longitudinally, side-biting, bipolar coagulating, surgical instrument Human Necessities 1,687 Expired
US6246912A Modulated high frequency tissue modification Human Necessities 977 Expired
US4411266A Thermocouple radio frequency lesion electrode Human Necessities 783 Expired
US6506189B1 Cool-tip electrode thermosurgery system Human Necessities 751 Expired
US6451015B1 Method and system for menu-driven two-dimensional display lesion generator Human Necessities 624 Expired
US6241725A High frequency thermal ablation of cancerous tumors and functional targets with image data assistance Human Necessities 581 Expired
US6405072B1 Apparatus and method for determining a location of an anatomical target with reference to a medical apparatus Physics 573 Expired
US6517534B1 Peri-urethral ablation Human Necessities 427 Expired
US6478793B1 Ablation treatment of bone metastases Human Necessities 399 Expired
US6530922B2 Cluster ablation electrode system Human Necessities 391 Expired
US6246900A Head band for frameless stereotactic registration Human Necessities 363 Expired
US10111703B2 Electrosurgical generator Human Necessities 280 Active
US10639098B2 Electrosurgical generator Human Necessities 278 Active
US6662036B2 Surgical positioning system Physics 275 Expired
US6447505B2 Balloon catheter method for intra-urethral radio-frequency urethral enlargement Human Necessities 262 Expired
US6881214B2 Ablation treatment of bone metastases Human Necessities 191 Expired
US6743226B2 Adjustable trans-urethral radio-frequency ablation Human Necessities 173 Expired
US6419680B1 CT and MRI visible index markers for stereotactic localization Human Necessities 166 Expired
US9717552B2 Electrosurgical generator Human Necessities 166 Active
US7480533B2 Ablation treatment of bone metastases Human Necessities 165 Active
US6675040B1 Optical object tracking system Human Necessities 162 Expired
US6440127B2 Method for performing intraurethral radio-frequency urethral enlargement Human Necessities 153 Expired
US6692493B2 Method for performing intraurethral radio-frequency urethral enlargement Human Necessities 152 Expired
US6351661B1 Optically coupled frameless stereotactic space probe Physics 150 Expired

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