Inventor · Livermore, CA, US

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31Patents
17h-index
35Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 11, 1999 → Nov 24, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6224612A Atraumatic medical retrieval device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 219 Expired
US6159220A Medical retrieval device Human Necessities 137 Expired
US6398791B1 Variable composite sheath with interrupted sections Human Necessities 94 Expired
US6302895A Medical retrieval device and method of making Human Necessities 78 Expired
US8221483B2 Medical implant detachment systems and methods Human Necessities 77 Active
US7169154B1 Releasable basket and method of making thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 73 Expired
US6325807A Variable strength sheath Human Necessities 70 Expired
US8002789B2 Stretch-resistant vaso-occlusive devices with flexible detachment junctions Human Necessities 53 Active
US7875038B2 Releasable basket and method of making thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 50 Active
US6527781B2 Atraumatic medical retrieval device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 49 Expired
US8834515B2 Mechanically detachable vaso-occlusive device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 40 Active
US6939353B2 Variable composite sheath with interrupted sections Human Necessities 34 Expired
US8926650B2 Mechanically detachable vaso-occlusive device Human Necessities 33 Active
US7749242B2 Expanding vaso-occlusive device Human Necessities 32 Expired
US8974513B2 Medical implant detachment systems and methods Human Necessities 30 Active
US8486101B2 Expanding vaso-occlusive device Human Necessities 22 Active
US8956381B2 Mechanically detachable vaso-occlusive device Human Necessities 20 Active
US7077849B2 Atraumatic medical retrieval device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US10271863B2 Intravascular thromboembolectomy device comprising a plurality of clot engaging elements and method using the same Human Necessities 10 Active
US11026708B2 Intravascular thromboembolectomy device and method using the same Human Necessities 10 Active
US7691111B2 Atraumatic medical retrieval device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US9814465B2 Mechanically detachable vaso-occlusive device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US9486223B2 Mechanically datachable vaso-occlusive device Human Necessities 6 Active
US8732933B2 Releasable basket and method of making thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US8100959B2 Loading device for a pulmonary implant Human Necessities 3 Active

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