Inventor · San Francisco, CA, US

Michael Gertner

107Patents
35h-index
23Co-inventors
90Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 10, 1997 → Jun 21, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5911710A Medical insertion device with hemostatic valve Human Necessities 451 Expired
US7255675B2 Devices and methods to treat a patient Human Necessities 395 Expired
US7670279B2 Percutaneous gastroplasty Human Necessities 346 Active
US5916219A Tibial plateau resection guide Human Necessities 206 Expired
US6090114A Tibial plateau resection guide Human Necessities 205 Expired
US8295912B2 Method and system to inhibit a function of a nerve traveling with an artery Human Necessities 185 Active
US7841978B2 Methods and devices for to treatment of obesity Human Necessities 155 Active
US8343031B2 Obesity treatment systems Human Necessities 146 Active
US7680244B2 Ocular radiosurgery Human Necessities 145 Active
US7832407B2 Obesity treatment systems Human Necessities 123 Active
US7792249B2 Methods and devices for detecting, controlling, and predicting radiation delivery Human Necessities 119 Active
US9579518B2 Nerve treatment system Human Necessities 116 Active
US7946976B2 Methods and devices for the surgical creation of satiety and biofeedback pathways Human Necessities 112 Active
US8512262B2 Energetic modulation of nerves Human Necessities 102 Active
US8109981B2 Optical therapies and devices Human Necessities 100 Active
US8001976B2 Management systems for the surgically treated obese patient Human Necessities 97 Active
US7775967B2 Closed loop gastric restriction devices and methods Human Necessities 84 Active
US8374674B2 Nerve treatment system Human Necessities 76 Active
US7496174B2 Portable orthovoltage radiotherapy Human Necessities 74 Active
US8363783B2 Method and device for ocular alignment and coupling of ocular structures Human Necessities 68 Active
US8715209B2 Methods and devices to modulate the autonomic nervous system with ultrasound Human Necessities 62 Active
US7801271B2 Methods and devices for orthovoltage ocular radiotherapy and treatment planning Human Necessities 60 Active
US7680245B2 Orthovoltage radiotherapy Human Necessities 57 Active
US7697663B2 Orthovoltage radiotherapy Human Necessities 56 Active
US7620147B2 Orthovoltage radiotherapy Human Necessities 52 Active

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