John E. Hein
26Patents
14h-index
35Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Sep 4, 2002 → Nov 29, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US9060775B2 | Surgical generator for ultrasonic and electrosurgical devices | Electricity | 582 | Active |
| US7179271B2 | Method for driving an ultrasonic system to improve acquisition of blade resonance frequency at startup | Human Necessities | 465 | Expired |
| US10263171B2 | Surgical generator for ultrasonic and electrosurgical devices | Electricity | 407 | Active |
| US10687884B2 | Circuits for supplying isolated direct current (DC) voltage to surgical instruments | Performing Operations; Transporting | 372 | Active |
| US10610286B2 | Techniques for circuit topologies for combined generator | Performing Operations; Transporting | 335 | Active |
| US10201382B2 | Surgical generator for ultrasonic and electrosurgical devices | Electricity | 173 | Active |
| US10265117B2 | Surgical generator method for controlling and ultrasonic transducer waveform for ultrasonic and electrosurgical devices | Electricity | 162 | Active |
| US6898536B2 | Method for improving the start up of an ultrasonic system under zero load conditions | Performing Operations; Transporting | 159 | Expired |
| US11033322B2 | Circuit topologies for combined generator | Performing Operations; Transporting | 81 | Active |
| US11090104B2 | Surgical generator for ultrasonic and electrosurgical devices | Electricity | 58 | Active |
| US9561070B2 | Ablation system, methods, and controllers | Human Necessities | 28 | Active |
| US11678925B2 | Method for controlling an energy module output | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 25 | Active |
| US11666368B2 | Method for constructing and using a modular surgical energy system with multiple devices | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 22 | Active |
| US9713490B2 | Ablation system, methods, and controllers | Human Necessities | 17 | Active |
| US11559347B2 | Techniques for circuit topologies for combined generator | Performing Operations; Transporting | 10 | Active |
| US11998258B2 | Energy module for driving multiple energy modalities | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 2 | Active |
| US9775663B2 | Ablation system, methods, and controllers | Human Necessities | 2 | Active |
| US12178491B2 | Control circuit for controlling an energy module output | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 2 | Active |
| US11871982B2 | Surgical generator for ultrasonic and electrosurgical devices | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US12408967B2 | Surgical generator for ultrasonic and electrosurgical devices | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US10918434B2 | Ablation system, methods, and controllers | Human Necessities | 0 | Active |
| US12053221B2 | Ablation system, methods, and controllers | Human Necessities | 0 | Active |
| US11058474B2 | Ablation system, methods, and controllers | Human Necessities | 0 | Active |
| US10080601B2 | Ablation system, methods, and controllers | Human Necessities | 0 | Active |
| US12239353B2 | Energy module for driving multiple energy modalities through a port | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.