Inventor · Santa Clara, CA, US

Fred H. Co

45Patents
25h-index
36Co-inventors
85Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 5, 1992 → Sep 13, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6860880B2 Electrothermal instrument for sealing and joining or cutting tissue Human Necessities 699 Expired
US6626901B1 Electrothermal instrument for sealing and joining or cutting tissue Human Necessities 698 Expired
US6908463B2 Electrothermal device for coagulating, sealing and cutting tissue during surgery Human Necessities 492 Expired
US6217527A Methods and apparatus for crossing vascular occlusions Human Necessities 480 Expired
US6221049A Methods and apparatus for crossing vascular occlusions Human Necessities 476 Expired
US6231546A Methods and apparatus for crossing total occlusions in blood vessels Human Necessities 388 Expired
US6511458B2 Vascular re-entry catheter Human Necessities 358 Expired
US5429136A Imaging atherectomy apparatus Human Necessities 268 Expired
US5318032A Guiding catheter having soft tip Human Necessities 259 Expired
US6235000A Apparatus for crossing total occlusion in blood vessels Human Necessities 258 Expired
US6514217B1 Methods and apparatus for treating vascular occlusions Human Necessities 253 Expired
US5816923A Flexible composite drive shaft for transmitting torque Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 200 Expired
US6719725B2 Re-entry catheter Human Necessities 193 Expired
US5913818A Vascular retractor Human Necessities 149 Expired
US5865748A Guided directional coronary atherectomy distal linear encoder Human Necessities 139 Expired
US7588566B2 Electrothermal instrument for sealing and joining or cutting tissue Human Necessities 84 Active
US7211080B2 Electrothermal instrument for sealing and joining or cutting tissue Human Necessities 68 Expired
US5893866A Balloon dissecting instruments Human Necessities 66 Expired
US6033361A Vascular retractor Human Necessities 52 Expired
US5944734A Balloon dissecting instruments Human Necessities 41 Expired
US7993367B2 Apparatus and methods for sealing a vascular puncture Human Necessities 36 Active
US8795709B2 Superabsorbent, freeze dried hydrogels for medical applications Human Necessities 35 Active
US6228024A Vascular retractor Human Necessities 29 Expired
US7037317B2 Balloon dissecting instruments Human Necessities 27 Expired
US10625005B2 Breast pump assembly with remote interface Human Necessities 27 Active

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