Kurt R. Smith
35Patents
26h-index
34Co-inventors
85Inventor score
Filing activity: Mar 29, 1996 → Aug 27, 2021
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6236875A | Surgical navigation systems including reference and localization frames | Human Necessities | 754 | Expired |
| US6470207B1 | Navigational guidance via computer-assisted fluoroscopic imaging | Human Necessities | 661 | Expired |
| US6490467B1 | Surgical navigation systems including reference and localization frames | Human Necessities | 623 | Expired |
| US7139601B2 | Surgical navigation systems including reference and localization frames | Human Necessities | 436 | Expired |
| US6340363B1 | Image guided vertebral distractor and method for tracking the position of vertebrae | Human Necessities | 373 | Expired |
| US6491699B1 | Instrument guidance method and system for image guided surgery | Human Necessities | 365 | Expired |
| US6978166B2 | System for use in displaying images of a body part | Human Necessities | 347 | Expired |
| US6167145A | Bone navigation system | Physics | 337 | Expired |
| US7606613B2 | Navigational guidance via computer-assisted fluoroscopic imaging | Human Necessities | 329 | Expired |
| US6298262A | Instrument guidance for stereotactic surgery | Human Necessities | 322 | Expired |
| US6434415B1 | System for use in displaying images of a body part | Human Necessities | 303 | Expired |
| US6118845A | System and methods for the reduction and elimination of image artifacts in the calibration of X-ray imagers | Human Necessities | 300 | Expired |
| US6347240B1 | System and method for use in displaying images of a body part | Human Necessities | 223 | Expired |
| US7217276B2 | Instrument guidance method and system for image guided surgery | Human Necessities | 217 | Expired |
| US7996064B2 | System and method for placing and determining an appropriately sized surgical implant | Human Necessities | 127 | Active |
| US7685005B2 | Medical device systems implemented network scheme for remote patient management | Physics | 105 | Expired |
| US5970499A | Method and apparatus for producing and accessing composite data | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 93 | Expired |
| USD420132S | Drill guide | General | 76 | Expired |
| US6526415B2 | Method and apparatus for producing an accessing composite data | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 49 | Expired |
| US6708184B2 | Method and apparatus for producing and accessing composite data using a device having a distributed communication controller interface | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 44 | Expired |
| USD422706S | Biopsy guide tube | General | 41 | Expired |
| US6370224B1 | System and methods for the reduction and elimination of image artifacts in the calibration of x-ray imagers | Human Necessities | 37 | Expired |
| US6253210A | Method and apparatus for producing and accessing composite data | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 33 | Expired |
| US7011410B2 | Method and apparatus for monitoring eye tremor | Human Necessities | 29 | Expired |
| US8845655B2 | Instrument guide system | Human Necessities | 27 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.