Glade H. Howell
113Patents
38h-index
89Co-inventors
93Inventor score
Filing activity: Jan 19, 1995 → Oct 30, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6749588B1 | Catheter and introducer needle assembly with needle shield | Human Necessities | 365 | Expired |
| US5865806A | One step catheter advancement automatic needle retraction system | Human Necessities | 356 | Expired |
| US5911705A | One step catheter advancement automatic needle retraction system | Human Necessities | 308 | Expired |
| US6004294A | Catheter and introducer needle assembly with needle shield | Human Necessities | 293 | Expired |
| US6379333B1 | Catheter and introducer needle assembly with needle shield | Human Necessities | 226 | Expired |
| US6652490B2 | Catheter and introducer needle assembly with compact needle shield | Human Necessities | 209 | Expired |
| US6228060A | Blood seal having a spring-biased septum | Human Necessities | 206 | Expired |
| US5830190A | Protected needle catheter placement device having needle placement visualization features and method for its use | Human Necessities | 154 | Expired |
| US5820614A | Disconnect for medical access devices | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 152 | Expired |
| US6027480A | Catheter introducer | Human Necessities | 149 | Expired |
| US6273871A | Catheter introducer | Human Necessities | 130 | Expired |
| US6228062A | One piece lock for splittable sheath | Human Necessities | 126 | Expired |
| US7935080B2 | Catheter and introducer needle assembly with needle shield | Human Necessities | 123 | Expired |
| US8197452B2 | Vascular access device non-adhering surfaces | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 123 | Active |
| US5772643A | Barbed luer adapter | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 120 | Expired |
| US7691088B2 | Vascular access device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 104 | Active |
| US7507222B2 | Method and apparatus for shielding the tip of a catheter introducer needle | Human Necessities | 98 | Expired |
| US8512287B2 | Patch-like infusion device | Human Necessities | 97 | Active |
| US6139532A | Clamping wing for catheter introducer | Human Necessities | 96 | Expired |
| US5776113A | Valved PRN adapter for medical access devices | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 94 | Expired |
| US5807342A | Catheter with improved tape down wing | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 86 | Expired |
| USD417733S | Catheter introducer needle assembly | General | 84 | Expired |
| USD383538S | Catheter cover | General | 75 | Expired |
| US8377010B2 | Medical access device | Human Necessities | 68 | Active |
| USD421119S | Introducer needle | General | 68 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.