Inventor · Menlo Park, CA, US

Mark J. Foley

20Patents
11h-index
36Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 26, 1997 → May 15, 2015

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7186265B2 Prosthetic cardiac valves and systems and methods for implanting thereof Human Necessities 497 Expired
US7241300B2 Components, systems and methods for forming anastomoses using magnetism or other coupling means Human Necessities 276 Expired
US6355050B1 Device and method for suturing tissue Human Necessities 245 Expired
US7232449B2 Components, systems and methods for forming anastomoses using magnetism or other coupling means Human Necessities 214 Expired
US7214234B2 Delivering a conduit into a heart wall to place a coronary vessel in communication with a heart chamber and removing tissue from the vessel or heart wall to facilitate such communication Human Necessities 155 Expired
US6652540B1 Methods for forming magnetic vascular anastomoses Electricity 144 Expired
US7445626B2 Device and method for suturing tissue Human Necessities 92 Expired
US6651670B2 Delivering a conduit into a heart wall to place a coronary vessel in communication with a heart chamber and removing tissue from the vessel or heart wall to facilitate such communication Human Necessities 91 Expired
US7938841B2 Components, systems and methods for forming anastomoses using magnetism or other coupling means Human Necessities 85 Active
US6808498B2 Placing a guide member into a heart chamber through a coronary vessel and delivering devices for placing the coronary vessel in communication with the heart chamber Human Necessities 81 Expired
US7503930B2 Prosthetic cardiac valves and systems and methods for implanting thereof Human Necessities 77 Active
US7698201B2 Financial instrument utilizing an optional benefit election Physics 9 Active
USD763108S1 Handheld laser induced breakdown spectroscopy analyzer General 8 Active
US8370179B2 System and method for facilitating management of a financial instrument Physics 7 Active
US7860791B2 Financial instrument utilizing a customer specific date Physics 4 Active
US7993356B2 Delivering a conduit into a heart wall to place a coronary vessel in communication with a heart chamber and removing tissue from the vessel or heart wall to facilitate such communication Human Necessities 3 Active
US7899730B2 Financial instrument utilizing an optional benefit election Physics 2 Active
US8838493B2 Financial instrument providing a portable guarantee Physics 0 Active
US8512360B2 Conduits for use in placing a target vessel in fluid communication with source of blood Human Necessities 0 Active
US8266035B2 Financial instrument utilizing an optional benefit election Physics 0 Active

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