Inventor · Campbell, CA, US

John D. Marshall

20Patents
9h-index
39Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 13, 1988 → May 22, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6122538A Motion--Monitoring method and system for medical devices Human Necessities 543 Expired
US6270460A Apparatus and method to limit the life span of a diagnostic medical ultrasound probe Human Necessities 190 Expired
US7481577B2 Ultrasound transducer fault measurement method and system Physics 47 Active
US4876002A Reverse osmosis water purificaiton unit Performing Operations; Transporting 25 Expired
US5995348A Ground safety device for medical ultrasound probes Electricity 22 Expired
US5542425A Apparatus and method for preventing contact damage in electrical equipment Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired
US6196649A Convertible surgical equipment and appliance support system Human Necessities 16 Expired
US5776065A Apparatus and method for controlling an ultrasound transducer array Physics 13 Expired
US8197413B2 Transducers, devices and systems containing the transducers, and methods of manufacture Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Active
US7156551B2 Ultrasound transducer fault measurement method and system Physics 6 Expired
US7837626B2 Contrast agent manipulation with medical ultrasound imaging Physics 3 Active
US7266987B2 Ultrasound transmit and receive path calibration methods and systems Physics 2 Expired
US8206308B2 Shielding for intravascular ultrasound imaging systems and methods of making and using Human Necessities 1 Active
US8946972B2 Layer switching for an ultrasound transducer array Physics 1 Active
US9271696B2 Ultrasound imaging systems with bias circuitry and methods of making and using Human Necessities 0 Active
US12343200B2 Intravascular ultrasound systems, catheters, and methods with a manual pullback arrangement Human Necessities 0 Active
US12403333B2 Methods and systems for confirming focus of ultrasound beams Human Necessities 0 Active
US7162912B2 Ultrasound transmit and receive path calibration methods and systems Physics 0 Expired
US12017093B2 Methods and systems for confirming focus of ultrasound beams Human Necessities 0 Active
US7125482B2 Use of electrochemistry to detect buried service lead (Pb) and copper (Cu) water pipes Physics 0 Expired

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