Kim Manwaring
50Patents
19h-index
22Co-inventors
84Inventor score
Filing activity: Feb 20, 1986 → Sep 30, 2020
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5638819A | Method and apparatus for guiding an instrument to a target | Human Necessities | 955 | Expired |
| US10149712B2 | Layered ferromagnetic coated conductor thermal surgical tool | Human Necessities | 861 | Active |
| US10405914B2 | Thermally adjustable surgical system and method | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 730 | Active |
| US10639089B2 | Thermal surgical tool | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 556 | Active |
| US5122138A | Tissue vaporizing accessory and method for an endoscope | Human Necessities | 430 | Expired |
| US5711299A | Surgical guidance method and system for approaching a target within a body | Human Necessities | 376 | Expired |
| US8491578B2 | Inductively heated multi-mode bipolar surgical tool | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 319 | Active |
| US5566681A | Apparatus and method for stabilizing a body part | Human Necessities | 230 | Expired |
| US5891158A | Method and system for directing an instrument to a target | Human Necessities | 77 | Expired |
| US8372066B2 | Inductively heated multi-mode surgical tool | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 59 | Active |
| US8377052B2 | Surgical tool with inductively heated regions | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 56 | Active |
| US4927420A | Ultra-sharp tungsten needle for electrosurgical knife | Human Necessities | 51 | Expired |
| US8523852B2 | Thermally adjustable surgical tool system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 38 | Active |
| US8523851B2 | Inductively heated multi-mode ultrasonic surgical tool | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 36 | Active |
| US8292879B2 | Method of treatment with adjustable ferromagnetic coated conductor thermal surgical tool | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 33 | Active |
| US6950699B1 | Water content probe | Human Necessities | 32 | Expired |
| US8617151B2 | System and method of controlling power delivery to a surgical instrument | Human Necessities | 24 | Active |
| US9044195B2 | Implantable sonic windows | Human Necessities | 22 | Active |
| US4739771A | Thermal method and apparatus for measuring organ blood perfusion | Human Necessities | 20 | Expired |
| US8932279B2 | System and method for cooling of a heated surgical instrument and/or surgical site and treating tissue | Human Necessities | 19 | Active |
| US8425503B2 | Adjustable ferromagnetic coated conductor thermal surgical tool | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 18 | Active |
| US6214019A | Convergent magnetic stereotaxis system for guidance to a target | Human Necessities | 17 | Expired |
| US8523850B2 | Method for heating a surgical implement | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 16 | Active |
| US8414569B2 | Method of treatment with multi-mode surgical tool | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 15 | Active |
| US8430870B2 | Inductively heated snare | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 14 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.