Inventor · Palo Alto, CA, US

Michael A. Evans

81Patents
50h-index
64Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 24, 1994 → Feb 1, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5824041A Apparatus and methods for placement and repositioning of intraluminal prostheses Human Necessities 1,133 Expired
US5683451A Apparatus and methods for deployment release of intraluminal prostheses Human Necessities 839 Expired
US5843158A Limited expansion endoluminal prostheses and methods for their use Human Necessities 814 Expired
US6126685A Apparatus and methods for placement and repositioning of intraluminal prostheses Human Necessities 635 Expired
US6350278B1 Apparatus and methods for placement and repositioning of intraluminal prostheses Human Necessities 619 Expired
US6652548B2 Expansible shearing catheters for thrombus removal Human Necessities 602 Expired
US5824040A Endoluminal prostheses and therapies for highly variable body lumens Human Necessities 602 Expired
US6454775B1 Systems and methods for clot disruption and retrieval Human Necessities 584 Expired
US5824037A Modular intraluminal prostheses construction and methods Human Necessities 556 Expired
US6635070B2 Apparatus and methods for capturing particulate material within blood vessels Human Necessities 527 Expired
US6592614B2 Cuffed endoluminal prosthesis Human Necessities 526 Expired
US6110198A Method for deploying cuff prostheses Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 482 Expired
US5749921A Apparatus and methods for compression of endoluminal prostheses Human Necessities 459 Expired
US5599305A Large-diameter introducer sheath having hemostasis valve and removable steering mechanism Human Necessities 416 Expired
US6203568A Endoluminal prostheses having position indicating markers Human Necessities 413 Expired
US5824042A Endoluminal prostheses having position indicating markers Human Necessities 402 Expired
US5709713A Radially expansible vascular prosthesis having reversible and other locking structures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 378 Expired
US6945977B2 Systems and methods for clot disruption and retrieval Human Necessities 356 Expired
US6193745A Modular intraluminal prosteheses construction and methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 305 Expired
US5755772A Radially expansible vascular prosthesis having reversible and other locking structures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 292 Expired
US6024763A Apparatus and methods for deployment release of intraluminal prostheses Human Necessities 261 Expired
US6660014B2 Systems and methods for clot disruption and retrieval Human Necessities 255 Expired
US5843031A Large-diameter introducer sheath having hemostasis valve and removable steering mechanism Human Necessities 248 Expired
US6355060B1 Apparatus and method for deployment release of intraluminal prostheses Human Necessities 239 Expired
US6123722A Stitched stent grafts and methods for their fabrication Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 234 Expired

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