John B. Simpson
84Patents
43h-index
57Co-inventors
91Inventor score
Filing activity: May 19, 1980 → Jan 18, 2024
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4781186A | Atherectomy device having a flexible housing | Human Necessities | 1,531 | Expired |
| US4926858A | Atherectomy device for severe occlusions | Human Necessities | 723 | Expired |
| US4323071A | Vascular guiding catheter assembly and vascular dilating catheter assembly and a combination thereof and methods of making the same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 588 | Expired |
| US4669469A | Single lumen atherectomy catheter device | Human Necessities | 413 | Expired |
| US5047040A | Atherectomy device and method | Human Necessities | 410 | Expired |
| US4771774A | Motor drive unit | Human Necessities | 395 | Expired |
| US5462529A | Adjustable treatment chamber catheter | Human Necessities | 394 | Expired |
| US7771444B2 | Methods and devices for removing material from a body lumen | Human Necessities | 347 | Expired |
| US5053044A | Catheter and method for making intravascular incisions | Human Necessities | 315 | Expired |
| US4979951A | Atherectomy device and method | Human Necessities | 305 | Expired |
| US6027514A | Apparatus and method for removing occluding material from body lumens | Human Necessities | 294 | Expired |
| US5441510A | Bi-axial cutter apparatus for catheter | Human Necessities | 269 | Expired |
| US4616652A | Dilatation catheter positioning apparatus | Human Necessities | 221 | Expired |
| US6126635A | Adjustable treatment chamber catheter | Human Necessities | 204 | Expired |
| US4661094A | Perfusion catheter and method | Human Necessities | 204 | Expired |
| US7927784B2 | Vascular lumen debulking catheters and methods | Human Necessities | 179 | Active |
| US5092873A | Balloon configuration for atherectomy catheter | Performing Operations; Transporting | 176 | Expired |
| US5269793A | Guide wire systems for intravascular catheters | Human Necessities | 174 | Expired |
| US8361097B2 | Catheter system and method for boring through blocked vascular passages | Human Necessities | 164 | Active |
| US8062316B2 | Catheter system and method for boring through blocked vascular passages | Human Necessities | 150 | Active |
| US5415634A | Catheter having helical inflation lumen | Human Necessities | 131 | Expired |
| US5571130A | Atherectomy and prostectomy system | Human Necessities | 121 | Expired |
| US4411055A | Vascular guiding catheter assembly and vascular dilating catheter assembly and a combination thereof and methods for making the same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 112 | Expired |
| USRE33569E | Single lumen atherectomy catheter device | General | 102 | Expired |
| US5776018A | Basketball collection, passing and shot analysis system | Human Necessities | 87 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.