Inventor · Phoenix, AZ, US

Kim Manwaring

50Patents
19h-index
22Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 20, 1986 → Sep 30, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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.