Inventor · St. Blasien, DE

Helmut Reul

29Patents
23h-index
26Co-inventors
85Inventor score

Filing activity: May 17, 1974 → Apr 6, 2009

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4643732A Heart valve prosthesis Human Necessities 572 Expired
US4291420A Artificial heart valve Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 509 Expired
US5964694A Method and apparatus for cardiac blood flow assistance Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 393 Expired
US5911685A Method and apparatus for cardiac blood flow assistance Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 351 Expired
US6176848A Intravascular blood pump Human Necessities 329 Expired
US6007478A Cannula having constant wall thickness with increasing distal flexibility and method of making Human Necessities 285 Expired
US6116862A Blood pump Human Necessities 238 Expired
US3966358A Pump assembly Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 223 Expired
US4778461A Heart valve prosthesis and process for its production Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 223 Expired
US4263680A Prosthetic closure devices to replace the valves in human hearts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 183 Expired
US5863179A Centrifugal blood pump Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 144 Expired
US5116564A Method of producing a closing member having flexible closing elements, especially a heart valve Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 140 Expired
US5746575A Blood pump as centrifugal pump Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 140 Expired
US8512012B2 Pump Human Necessities 89 Active
US4996054A Antithrombogenic, non-calcifying material and method of making articles for medical purposes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 81 Expired
US4218783A Prosthetic closure element for the replacement of the mitral and tricuspid valve in the human heart Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 69 Expired
US4846830A Cardiac valve prosthesis Human Necessities 66 Expired
US5376113A Closing member having flexible closing elements, especially a heart valve Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 49 Expired
US6719720B1 Balloon catheter Human Necessities 40 Expired
US5263978A Blood pump for pulsating operation Human Necessities 35 Expired
US4775378A Cardiac valve prosthesis Human Necessities 32 Expired
US4831065A Antithrombogenic, non-calcifying material and method of making articles for medical purposes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 31 Expired
US5058416A Apparatus for the determination of the partial pressure of gases dissolved in a fluid Human Necessities 29 Expired
US6354814B1 Device for conversion of a unidirectional rotational motion into reciprocating back and forth motion and pump device comprising same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
US4995881A Heart valve prosthesis Human Necessities 18 Expired

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