Kirk Johnson
51Patents
24h-index
37Co-inventors
88Inventor score
Filing activity: Jun 10, 1991 → May 26, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6019778A | Delivery apparatus for a self-expanding stent | Human Necessities | 433 | Expired |
| US6039721A | Method and catheter system for delivering medication with an everting balloon catheter | Human Necessities | 361 | Expired |
| US6596011B2 | Emboli extraction catheter and vascular filter system | Human Necessities | 333 | Expired |
| US6425898B1 | Delivery apparatus for a self-expanding stent | Human Necessities | 327 | Expired |
| US7175654B2 | Stent design having stent segments which uncouple upon deployment | Human Necessities | 252 | Expired |
| US6245040A | Perfusion balloon brace and method of use | Human Necessities | 223 | Expired |
| US8527639B1 | Content server selection for accessing content in a content distribution network | Electricity | 181 | Expired |
| US6911040B2 | Covered segmented stent | Human Necessities | 179 | Expired |
| US5205822A | Replaceable dilatation catheter | Human Necessities | 175 | Expired |
| US6428559B1 | Removable, variable-diameter vascular filter system | Human Necessities | 155 | Expired |
| US6656203B2 | Integral vascular filter system | Human Necessities | 148 | Expired |
| US7201770B2 | Everting balloon stent delivery system having tapered leading edge | Human Necessities | 125 | Expired |
| US6505254B1 | Methods and apparatus for routing requests in a network | Electricity | 112 | Expired |
| US7323002B2 | Emboli extraction catheter and vascular filter system | Human Necessities | 102 | Expired |
| US5290232A | Replaceable dilatation catheter | Human Necessities | 91 | Expired |
| US5334147A | Rapid exchange type dilatation catheter | Human Necessities | 87 | Expired |
| US7886023B1 | Method and apparatus for a minimalist approach to implementing server selection | Electricity | 68 | Expired |
| US5380283A | Rapid exchange type dilatation catheter | Human Necessities | 66 | Expired |
| US5634902A | Dilatation catheter with side aperture | Human Necessities | 65 | Expired |
| US5370615A | Balloon catheter for angioplasty | Human Necessities | 65 | Expired |
| US5460185A | Tool and method facilitating rapid PCTA catheter exchange | Human Necessities | 58 | Expired |
| US8721707B2 | Percutaneous endoprosthesis using suprarenal fixation and barbed anchors | Human Necessities | 55 | Active |
| US7349348B1 | Method and apparatus for determining a network topology in the presence of network address translation | Electricity | 55 | Expired |
| US5735831A | Expandable flowrate catheter assembly and method of making same | Human Necessities | 37 | Expired |
| US8083792B2 | Percutaneous endoprosthesis using suprarenal fixation and barbed anchors | Human Necessities | 23 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.