Lynn Shimada
32Patents
19h-index
28Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 16, 1987 → Sep 11, 2020
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4819751A | Valvuloplasty catheter and method | Human Necessities | 564 | Expired |
| US6299599A | Dual balloon central venous line catheter temperature control system | Human Necessities | 199 | Expired |
| US5843116A | Focalized intraluminal balloons | Human Necessities | 166 | Expired |
| US6027517A | Fixed focal balloon for interactive angioplasty and stent implantation catheter with focalized balloon | Human Necessities | 127 | Expired |
| US5843027A | Balloon sheath | Human Necessities | 111 | Expired |
| US5645560A | Fixed focal balloon for interactive angioplasty and stent implantation | Human Necessities | 111 | Expired |
| US9078682B2 | Systems and methods for removing obstructive matter from body lumens and treating vascular defects | Human Necessities | 99 | Active |
| US6120523A | Focalized intraluminal balloons | Human Necessities | 98 | Expired |
| US6419643B1 | Central venous catheter with heat exchange properties | Human Necessities | 94 | Expired |
| US6529775B2 | System and method employing indwelling RF catheter for systemic patient warming by application of dielectric heating | Human Necessities | 81 | Expired |
| US6450990B1 | Catheter with multiple heating/cooling fibers employing fiber spreading features | Human Necessities | 79 | Expired |
| US6409741B1 | Focalized intraluminal balloons | Human Necessities | 61 | Expired |
| US6872215B2 | Focalized stent implantation | Human Necessities | 54 | Expired |
| US8926560B2 | Distal access balloon guide catheter | Human Necessities | 53 | Active |
| US6652565B1 | Central venous catheter with heat exchange properties | Human Necessities | 41 | Expired |
| US6749625B2 | Intravascular temperature control catheter | Human Necessities | 41 | Expired |
| US6620131B2 | Dual balloon central venous line catheter temperature control system | Human Necessities | 28 | Expired |
| US6796995B2 | Intravascular temperature control catheter | Human Necessities | 25 | Expired |
| US7097657B2 | Dual IV bag arrangement for intravascular temperature control catheter cooling circuit | Human Necessities | 21 | Expired |
| US7255709B2 | Intravascular heat exchange catheter with temperature sensor | Human Necessities | 17 | Expired |
| US10799671B2 | Distal access aspiration guide catheter | Human Necessities | 13 | Active |
| US10130789B2 | Distal access aspiration guide catheter | Human Necessities | 8 | Active |
| US10245413B2 | Distal access aspiration guide catheter | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 8 | Active |
| US10722255B2 | Systems and methods for removing obstructive matter from body lumens and treating vascular defects | Human Necessities | 8 | Active |
| US7951182B2 | System and method for leak detection in external cooling pad | Human Necessities | 8 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.