Inventor · Carson, CA, US

Larry W. Blake

36Patents
28h-index
7Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 20, 1975 → Aug 4, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4007743A Opening mechanism for umbrella-like intravascular shunt defect closure device Human Necessities 1,046 Expired
US5178604A Glaucoma implant Human Necessities 406 Expired
US5476445A Glaucoma implant with a temporary flow restricting seal Human Necessities 353 Expired
US5558629A Glaucoma implant Human Necessities 271 Expired
US5397300A Glaucoma implant Human Necessities 245 Expired
US4398910A Wound drain catheter Human Necessities 191 Expired
US4429693A Surgical fluid evacuator Human Necessities 161 Expired
US6605093B1 Device and method for use with an ophthalmologic insertor apparatus Human Necessities 160 Expired
US4737148A Filtered T coupling Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 156 Expired
US5425734A Intraocular lens injector Human Necessities 142 Expired
US5468246A Intraocular lens injector Human Necessities 119 Expired
US5772667A Method of using an intraocular lens injector Human Necessities 105 Expired
US4465481A Single piece wound drain catheter Human Necessities 103 Expired
US6280449A Ophthalmologic insertor apparatus and methods of use Human Necessities 99 Expired
US4446581A Intraocular lens with free-ended sizing prong Human Necessities 93 Expired
US5643275A Intraocular lens injector Human Necessities 88 Expired
US5507806A Multi-faceted intraocular lens Human Necessities 81 Expired
US4573979A Irrigation/aspiration tip Human Necessities 76 Expired
US8608799B2 Umbrella-shaped accommodating artificial ocular lens (AAOL) device Human Necessities 63 Active
US4702733A Foot actuated pinch valve and high vacuum source for irrigation/aspiration handpiece system Human Necessities 60 Expired
US6432246B1 Fabrication of an intraocular lens Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 52 Expired
US5185107A Fabrication of an intraocular lens Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 52 Expired
US8216308B2 Accommodating artificial ocular lens (AAOL) device Human Necessities 48 Active
US6007747A Method of making an aspheric soft lens Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 46 Expired
US6425917B1 Phakic iol film frame Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 42 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.