Inventor · Plaistow, NH, US

Graham Smith

52Patents
27h-index
47Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 27, 1984 → Nov 6, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5921956A Surgical instrument Human Necessities 1,820 Expired
US5782834A Surgical instrument Human Necessities 800 Expired
US5667513A Soft tissue anchor delivery apparatus Human Necessities 744 Expired
US5620415A Surgical instrument Human Necessities 674 Expired
US5620447A Surgical instrument Human Necessities 606 Expired
US4616650A Apparatus for applying surgical clips Human Necessities 528 Expired
US7144414B2 Surgical procedures and instruments Human Necessities 365 Expired
US6986781B2 Tissue repair system Human Necessities 352 Expired
US5601583A Surgical instrument Human Necessities 216 Expired
US5871493A Surgical instrument handpiece and system Electricity 184 Expired
US5749885A Surgical instrument with embedded coding element Human Necessities 179 Expired
US5817095A Undercutting surgical instrument Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 178 Expired
US5320635A Surgical device with surgical element removably connected to drive element Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 171 Expired
US5618293A Surgical instrument Human Necessities 156 Expired
US6914622B1 Teleconferencing robot with swiveling video monitor Electricity 155 Expired
US7123285B2 Teleconferencing robot with swiveling video monitor Electricity 145 Expired
US6784916B2 Video conferencing apparatus Electricity 123 Expired
US6090122A Surgical instrument handpiece and system Electricity 118 Expired
US5947990A Endoscopic surgical instrument Human Necessities 110 Expired
US6036695A Surgical instrument Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 102 Expired
US6328752A Method for positioning a surgical instrument relative to a surgical handpiece Electricity 98 Expired
US4985762A Panoramic interactive system Electricity 70 Expired
US6068604A Cartilage indentor instrument Physics 51 Expired
US5040055A Panoramic interactive system Electricity 48 Expired
US5153716A Panoramic interactive system Electricity 45 Expired

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