Inventor · Aachen, DE

Gerd Spanier

53Patents
16h-index
24Co-inventors
80Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 23, 2010 → Apr 18, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9669142B2 Intravascular rotary blood pump Human Necessities 94 Active
US9669144B2 Catheter system and intravascular blood pump comprising said catheter system Human Necessities 90 Active
US9550017B2 Intravascular blood pump Human Necessities 68 Active
US10342906B2 Blood pump assembly having a sensor and a sensor shield Human Necessities 56 Active
US9999714B2 Catheter system and intravascular blood pump having said catheter system Human Necessities 55 Active
US11027114B2 Blood pump assembly having a sensor and a sensor shield Human Necessities 47 Active
US9555173B2 Pulsatile blood pump Human Necessities 41 Active
US11020584B2 Blood pump Human Necessities 39 Active
US11219755B2 Blood pump Human Necessities 35 Active
US10926013B2 Methods and systems for an external drive unit for an implantable heart assist pump Human Necessities 31 Active
US9381286B2 Graft for use with counterpulsation device Human Necessities 27 Active
US9440013B2 Devices, methods and systems for counterpulsation and blood flow conduit connection Human Necessities 24 Active
US11577068B2 Counterpulsation device driver apparatus, method and system Human Necessities 21 Active
US11596727B2 Blood pump with flow cannula Human Necessities 20 Active
US11844940B2 Blood pump assembly having a sensor and a sensor shield Human Necessities 19 Active
US11097092B2 Blood pump Human Necessities 18 Active
US10610626B2 Intravascular blood pump Human Necessities 15 Active
US11235140B2 Blood pump with flow cannula Human Necessities 15 Active
US11648390B2 Intravascular blood pump Human Necessities 13 Active
US11092158B2 Centrifugal blood pump with hydrodynamic bearing Human Necessities 13 Active
US9566374B2 Counterpulsation device driver apparatus, method and system Human Necessities 12 Active
US9950102B2 Counterpulsation device driver apparatus, method and system Human Necessities 12 Active
US10549020B2 Counterpulsation device driver apparatus, method and system Human Necessities 11 Active
US10463508B2 Graft anchor devices, systems and methods Human Necessities 10 Active
US11147960B2 Catheter system and intravascular blood pump having said catheter system Human Necessities 10 Active

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