Inventor · Union City, CA, US

Lewis Isbell

16Patents
12h-index
17Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 26, 1997 → Nov 16, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8465475B2 Instrument with multiple articulation locks Human Necessities 1,032 Active
US6136010A Articulating suturing device and method Human Necessities 760 Expired
US9737298B2 Instrument with articulation lock Human Necessities 419 Active
US7001400B1 Articulating suturing device and method Human Necessities 386 Expired
US6355050B1 Device and method for suturing tissue Human Necessities 245 Expired
US6190396A Device and method for deploying and organizing sutures for anastomotic and other attachments Human Necessities 238 Expired
US7850701B2 Articulating suturing device and method Human Necessities 109 Expired
US6558399B1 Devices and method for handling a plurality of suture elements during a suturing procedure Human Necessities 108 Expired
US7445626B2 Device and method for suturing tissue Human Necessities 92 Expired
US7837696B2 Articulating suturing device and method Human Necessities 91 Expired
US8057491B2 Articulating suturing device and method Human Necessities 49 Active
US8323298B2 Articulating suturing device and method Human Necessities 29 Active
US9033960B2 Instrument with multiple articulation locks Human Necessities 10 Active
US11234694B2 Instrument with multiple articulation locks Human Necessities 1 Active
US8535306B2 Ablation devices and methods of using the same Human Necessities 1 Active
US11998195B2 Instrument with multiple articulation locks Human Necessities 0 Active

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