Hung L. Lam
29Patents
26h-index
24Co-inventors
85Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 24, 1986 → Oct 1, 2018
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6231602A | Aortic annuloplasty ring | Human Necessities | 881 | Expired |
| US5104407A | Selectively flexible annuloplasty ring | Human Necessities | 627 | Expired |
| US6217610A | Expandable annuloplasty ring | Human Necessities | 438 | Expired |
| US6558418B2 | Flexible heart valve | Human Necessities | 427 | Expired |
| US5928281A | Tissue heart valves | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 403 | Expired |
| US5961549A | Multi-leaflet bioprosthetic heart valve | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 364 | Expired |
| US7481838B2 | Flexible heart valve and associated connecting band | Human Necessities | 355 | Expired |
| US4917698A | Multi-segmented annuloplasty ring prosthesis | Human Necessities | 334 | Expired |
| US6585766B1 | Cloth-covered stents for tissue heart valves | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 321 | Expired |
| US6102944A | Methods of tissue heart valve assembly | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 252 | Expired |
| US4725274A | Prosthetic heart valve | Human Necessities | 237 | Expired |
| US6945997B2 | Heart valves and suture rings therefor | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 200 | Expired |
| US6837902B2 | Methods of making bioprosthetic heart valves with strain matched leaflets | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 123 | Expired |
| US8034104B2 | Anatomically approximate prosthetic mitral valve | Human Necessities | 113 | Active |
| US7871435B2 | Anatomically approximate prosthetic mitral heart valve | Human Necessities | 111 | Active |
| US6964682B2 | Heart valve holder that resist suture looping | Human Necessities | 108 | Expired |
| US6245105A | Method of testing bioprosthetic heart valve leaflets | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 104 | Expired |
| US7993393B2 | Flexible heart valve and associated connecting band | Human Necessities | 97 | Active |
| US5814096A | Sizing obturator for prosthetic aortic valves | Human Necessities | 63 | Expired |
| US9730794B2 | Prosthetic mitral valve | Human Necessities | 60 | Active |
| US9155617B2 | Prosthetic mitral valve | Human Necessities | 57 | Active |
| US6413275B1 | Apparatus for testing bioprosthetic heart valve leaflets | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 57 | Expired |
| US5035709A | Mechanical heart valve with compliant sewing ring | Human Necessities | 54 | Expired |
| US8518108B2 | Contoured heart valve suture rings | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 37 | Active |
| US6458155B1 | Fresh donor heart valve sizer and method of use | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 33 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.