Inventor · Los Altos, CA, US

Gerald M. Mitchell

24Patents
12h-index
26Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 10, 1986 → Mar 19, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5558667A Method and apparatus for treating vascular lesions Human Necessities 164 Expired
US6096031A High repetition rate erbium:YAG laser for tissue ablation Electricity 68 Expired
US5132980A Method and device for preconditioning a laser having a solid state gain medium Electricity 34 Expired
US6192529A Modular shower arm construction Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 32 Expired
US5642370A High repetition rate erbium; YAG laser for tissue ablation Electricity 29 Expired
US6395000B1 High repetition rate erbium: YAG laser for tissue ablation Electricity 22 Expired
US5644585A High repetition rate Eribum-YAG laser for tissue ablation Electricity 18 Expired
US5911718A Method and apparatus for treating vascular lesions Human Necessities 17 Expired
US5754573A Method and apparatus for treating vascular lesions Human Necessities 17 Expired
US5327442A Solid state laser with dual cooling loops Electricity 14 Expired
US4862469A Suppression of the second intracavity pulse in a synchronously pumped dye laser Electricity 13 Expired
US8858542B2 Side-firing fiber delivery device with active cooling cap Human Necessities 12 Active
US7869016B2 Fiber damage detection and protection device Human Necessities 12 Active
US8881735B2 Flash vaporization surgical systems and method Human Necessities 12 Active
US5375132A Solid state laser with interleaved output Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US5257989A Contact laser delivery probe Human Necessities 11 Expired
US9844410B2 Flash vaporization surgical systems Human Necessities 10 Active
US9622819B2 Flash vaporization surgical systems Human Necessities 9 Active
US5226054A Cavity mirror for suppressing high gain laser wavelengths Electricity 7 Expired
US5781574A Liquid circulation system for cooling a laser head Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US9456871B2 Side-firing fiber delivery device with active cooling cap Human Necessities 1 Active
US9980776B2 Side-firing fiber delivery device with active cooling cap Human Necessities 1 Active
US7995638B2 High power, end pumped laser with off-peak pumping Electricity 1 Active
US11253317B2 Soft tissue selective ablation surgical systems Human Necessities 0 Active

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