Inventor · Maple Grove, MN, US

Jan Weber

247Patents
36h-index
185Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 13, 1994 → Feb 26, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7225518B2 Apparatus for crimping a stent assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 368 Expired
US6517888B1 Method for manufacturing a medical device having a coated portion by laser ablation Performing Operations; Transporting 235 Expired
US6861088B2 Method for spray-coating a medical device having a tubular wall such as a stent Performing Operations; Transporting 168 Expired
US7766896B2 Variable stiffness catheter assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 167 Active
US6676987B2 Coating a medical appliance with a bubble jet printing head Performing Operations; Transporting 141 Expired
US7479157B2 Stent designs which enable the visibility of the inside of the stent during MRI Human Necessities 129 Expired
US6696666B2 Tubular cutting process and system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 118 Expired
US6979420B2 Method of molding balloon catheters employing microwave energy Performing Operations; Transporting 111 Expired
US6607598B2 Device for protecting medical devices during a coating process Human Necessities 97 Expired
US5728079A Catheter which is visible under MRI Human Necessities 94 Expired
US7951186B2 Embedded electroactive polymer structures for use in medical devices Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 92 Active
US7160317B2 Multiple-wing balloon catheter to reduce damage to coated expandable medical implants Human Necessities 82 Expired
US6743463B2 Method for spray-coating a medical device having a tubular wall such as a stent Performing Operations; Transporting 81 Expired
US7931683B2 Articles having ceramic coated surfaces Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 76 Active
US5759172A Balloon catheter with lobed balloon and method for manufacturing such a catheter Human Necessities 74 Expired
US8133199B2 Electroactive polymer activation system for a medical device Human Necessities 71 Active
US7494497B2 Medical devices Human Necessities 70 Expired
US7329267B2 Medical cutting devices and methods of use Human Necessities 69 Expired
US5453088A Hydrodynamic suction catheter Human Necessities 65 Expired
US6803070B2 Apparatus and method for embedding nanoparticles in polymeric medical devices Performing Operations; Transporting 65 Expired
US7507433B2 Method of coating a medical device using an electrowetting process Performing Operations; Transporting 63 Expired
US9364255B2 Medical cutting devices and methods of use Human Necessities 63 Active
US8348991B2 Stent with overlap and high expansion Human Necessities 55 Active
US7758892B1 Medical devices having multiple layers Human Necessities 55 Active
US8052743B2 Endoprosthesis with three-dimensional disintegration control Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 54 Active

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