James Bates
78Patents
35h-index
57Co-inventors
91Inventor score
Filing activity: Jul 18, 1989 → Mar 17, 2024
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6174318A | Basket with one or more moveable legs | Human Necessities | 1,378 | Expired |
| US6096053A | Medical retrieval basket | Human Necessities | 542 | Expired |
| US5935139A | System for immobilizing or manipulating an object in a tract | Human Necessities | 527 | Expired |
| US5658296A | Method for making surgical retrieval baskets | Human Necessities | 488 | Expired |
| US6348056B1 | Medical retrieval device with releasable retrieval basket | Human Necessities | 414 | Expired |
| US6099534A | Releasable basket | Human Necessities | 408 | Expired |
| US5496330A | Surgical extractor with closely angularly spaced individual filaments | Human Necessities | 353 | Expired |
| US4958625A | Biopsy needle instrument | Human Necessities | 316 | Expired |
| US6168603A | Surgical extractor | Human Necessities | 302 | Expired |
| US5368045A | Biopsy needle instrument | Human Necessities | 260 | Expired |
| US5944728A | Surgical retrieval basket with the ability to capture and release material | Human Necessities | 251 | Expired |
| US6319262A | Calculus removal | Human Necessities | 244 | Expired |
| US6273861A | Pneumatically actuated tissue sampling device | Human Necessities | 223 | Expired |
| US6224612A | Atraumatic medical retrieval device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 219 | Expired |
| US6280451A | Releasable basket | Human Necessities | 208 | Expired |
| US6383196B1 | Surgical extractor | Human Necessities | 207 | Expired |
| US6800080B1 | Medical retrieval device | Human Necessities | 184 | Expired |
| US5792145A | Surgical retrieval baskets | Human Necessities | 176 | Expired |
| US6350266B1 | Hybrid stone retrieval device | Human Necessities | 166 | Expired |
| US6872211B2 | Hybrid stone retrieval device | Human Necessities | 130 | Expired |
| US5261889A | Injection therapy catheter | Human Necessities | 128 | Expired |
| US5957932A | Calculus removal | Human Necessities | 99 | Expired |
| US5788710A | Calculus removal | Human Necessities | 90 | Expired |
| US6183482A | Medical retrieval basket with legs shaped to enhance capture and reduce trauma | Human Necessities | 84 | Expired |
| US6780193B2 | Surgical extractor | Human Necessities | 83 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.