Inventor · Town and Country, MO, US

Gil Vardi

63Patents
25h-index
20Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 14, 1998 → Feb 6, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6210429A Extendible stent apparatus Human Necessities 430 Expired
US6325826A Extendible stent apparatus Human Necessities 381 Expired
US6692483B2 Catheter with attached flexible side sheath Human Necessities 237 Expired
US6706062B2 Extendible stent apparatus Human Necessities 237 Expired
US7245789B2 Systems and methods for minimally-invasive optical-acoustic imaging Human Necessities 177 Expired
US6682536B2 Guidewire introducer sheath Human Necessities 170 Expired
US6596020B2 Method of delivering a stent with a side opening Human Necessities 160 Expired
US6962602B2 Method for employing an extendible stent apparatus Human Necessities 148 Expired
US6835203B1 Extendible stent apparatus Human Necessities 148 Expired
US7850725B2 Extendible stent apparatus Human Necessities 147 Active
US7220275B2 Stent with protruding branch portion for bifurcated vessels Human Necessities 142 Expired
US6599316B2 Extendible stent apparatus Human Necessities 139 Expired
US7447388B2 Systems and methods for minimally-invasive optical-acoustic imaging Human Necessities 131 Active
US6659957B1 Optical-acoustic imaging device Human Necessities 131 Expired
US6884258B2 Bifurcation lesion stent delivery using multiple guidewires Human Necessities 120 Expired
US7341598B2 Stent with protruding branch portion for bifurcated vessels Human Necessities 120 Expired
US7660492B2 Systems and methods for minimally-invasive optical-acoustic imaging Human Necessities 113 Active
US7527594B2 Optical-acoustic imaging device Human Necessities 110 Expired
US8059923B2 Systems and methods for minimally-invasive optical-acoustic imaging Human Necessities 110 Active
US6689156B1 Stent range transducers and methods of use Human Necessities 104 Expired
US7537609B2 Extendible stent apparatus Human Necessities 78 Active
US7387639B2 Short sleeve stent delivery catheter and methods Human Necessities 44 Expired
US7118593B2 Extendible stent apparatus Human Necessities 41 Expired
US7771462B1 Catheter with side sheath and methods Human Necessities 39 Expired
US7766955B2 Extendible stent apparatus Human Necessities 27 Expired

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