Inventor · Broomfield, CO, US

Mark Hunter

75Patents
30h-index
53Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 28, 1999 → Jul 24, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7840253B2 Method and apparatus for surgical navigation Human Necessities 1,119 Active
US7751865B2 Method and apparatus for surgical navigation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 607 Active
US6892090B2 Method and apparatus for virtual endoscopy Human Necessities 606 Expired
US7542791B2 Method and apparatus for preplanning a surgical procedure Physics 598 Expired
US6434507B1 Medical instrument and method for use with computer-assisted image guided surgery Human Necessities 595 Expired
US7660623B2 Six degree of freedom alignment display for medical procedures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 591 Expired
US7697972B2 Navigation system for cardiac therapies Human Necessities 590 Active
US6381485B1 Registration of human anatomy integrated for electromagnetic localization Human Necessities 589 Expired
US6499488B1 Surgical sensor Human Necessities 587 Expired
US7599730B2 Navigation system for cardiac therapies Human Necessities 581 Expired
US6474341B1 Surgical communication and power system Human Necessities 481 Expired
US7974677B2 Method and apparatus for preplanning a surgical procedure Physics 466 Active
US7835778B2 Method and apparatus for surgical navigation of a multiple piece construct for implantation Human Necessities 415 Active
US7007699B2 Surgical sensor Human Necessities 356 Expired
US6402762B2 System for translation of electromagnetic and optical localization systems Human Necessities 353 Expired
US8271069B2 Method and apparatus for surgical navigation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 315 Active
US8706185B2 Method and apparatus for surgical navigation of a multiple piece construct for implantation Human Necessities 282 Active
US6235038A System for translation of electromagnetic and optical localization systems Human Necessities 262 Expired
US6701179B1 Coil structures and methods for generating magnetic fields Human Necessities 259 Expired
US8057407B2 Surgical sensor Human Necessities 257 Active
US8060185B2 Navigation system for cardiac therapies Human Necessities 233 Active
US8401616B2 Navigation system for cardiac therapies Human Necessities 195 Active
US8046052B2 Navigation system for cardiac therapies Human Necessities 179 Active
US7636595B2 Method and apparatus for calibrating non-linear instruments Human Necessities 119 Active
US7657300B2 Registration of human anatomy integrated for electromagnetic localization Human Necessities 110 Expired

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