Kip M. Rupp
21Patents
18h-index
40Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Nov 18, 1996 → Feb 4, 2021
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US8623027B2 | Ergonomic surgical instruments | Human Necessities | 791 | Active |
| USD594983S1 | Handle assembly for surgical instrument | General | 484 | Expired |
| US9743947B2 | End effector with a clamp arm assembly and blade | Human Necessities | 451 | Active |
| USD631965S1 | Handle assembly for surgical instrument | General | 428 | Expired |
| USD618797S1 | Handle assembly for surgical instrument | General | 391 | Expired |
| US5797938A | Self protecting knife for curved jaw surgical instruments | Human Necessities | 372 | Expired |
| US5871490A | Suture cartridge assembly for a surgical knot | Human Necessities | 352 | Expired |
| US8469981B2 | Rotatable cutting implement arrangements for ultrasonic surgical instruments | Human Necessities | 313 | Active |
| US9427249B2 | Rotatable cutting implements with friction reducing material for ultrasonic surgical instruments | Human Necessities | 247 | Active |
| US9486236B2 | Ergonomic surgical instruments | Human Necessities | 216 | Active |
| US9848902B2 | Ergonomic surgical instruments | Human Necessities | 215 | Active |
| US10299810B2 | Rotatable cutting implements with friction reducing material for ultrasonic surgical instruments | Human Necessities | 150 | Active |
| US5951587A | Needle holder with suture filament grasping abilities | Human Necessities | 119 | Expired |
| US10639092B2 | Electrode configurations for surgical instruments | Human Necessities | 111 | Active |
| US6508786B2 | Needle position lock | Human Necessities | 32 | Expired |
| US10828059B2 | Ergonomic surgical instruments | Human Necessities | 32 | Active |
| US10959769B2 | Surgical instrument with slip ring assembly to power ultrasonic transducer | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 26 | Active |
| US11382642B2 | Rotatable cutting implements with friction reducing material for ultrasonic surgical instruments | Human Necessities | 19 | Active |
| US9763690B2 | Surgical instrument with transducer carrier assembly | Human Necessities | 2 | Active |
| US10117706B2 | Electrosurgical instrument with integral tissue removal feature | Human Necessities | 0 | Active |
| US11925335B2 | Surgical instrument with slip ring assembly to power ultrasonic transducer | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.