Fred H. Co
45Patents
25h-index
36Co-inventors
85Inventor score
Filing activity: Feb 5, 1992 → Sep 13, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.