Inventor · Waltham, MA, US

Michael Boutillette

33Patents
14h-index
39Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 20, 2003 → Jan 27, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7579550B2 Flexible device shaft with angled spiral wrap Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 99 Expired
US8197400B2 Selectively rotatable shaft coupler Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 73 Active
US7922654B2 Fiber optic imaging catheter Human Necessities 51 Expired
US8124876B2 Flexible device shaft with angled spiral wrap Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Active
US8142455B2 Delivery of minimally invasive lung volume reduction devices Human Necessities 26 Active
US8282660B2 Minimally invasive lung volume reduction devices, methods, and systems Human Necessities 24 Active
US8632605B2 Elongated lung volume reduction devices, methods, and systems Human Necessities 24 Active
US7717865B2 Side loading wire torquing device Human Necessities 21 Expired
US8668707B2 Minimally invasive lung volume reduction devices, methods, and systems Human Necessities 17 Active
US9814861B2 Catheter with formed guide wire ramp Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Active
US8221357B2 Catheter incorporating a guidewire exit ramp Human Necessities 15 Active
US9078660B2 Devices and methods for delivering an endocardial device Human Necessities 15 Active
US7833197B2 Catheter incorporating a guidewire exit ramp Human Necessities 14 Active
US10028835B2 Ventricular volume reduction Human Necessities 14 Active
US7264001B2 Guidewire exit tool Human Necessities 13 Expired
US10729512B2 Methods and apparatus for coupling an optical input to an illumination device Human Necessities 13 Active
US10321969B2 Methods and apparatus for coupling an optical input to an illumination device Human Necessities 13 Active
US10512520B2 Methods and apparatus for coupling an optical input to an illumination device Human Necessities 13 Active
US8556857B2 Catheter incorporating a guidewire exit ramp Human Necessities 13 Active
US8932310B2 Minimally invasive lung volume reduction devices, methods, and systems Human Necessities 13 Active
US8790242B2 Ventricular volume reduction Human Necessities 11 Active
US8677602B2 Method of making a flexible device shaft with angled spiral wrap Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US9039597B2 Ventricular volume reduction Human Necessities 9 Active
US9364327B2 Ventricular volume reduction Human Necessities 7 Active
US9215970B2 Fiber optic imaging catheter Human Necessities 7 Active

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