Inventor · Santa Rosa, CA, US

Michael S. Williams

92Patents
46h-index
55Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 24, 1986 → Aug 4, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8518024B2 System and method for multi-instrument surgical access using a single access port Human Necessities 1,096 Active
US5441515A Ratcheting stent Human Necessities 679 Expired
US5458615A Stent delivery system Human Necessities 672 Expired
US5423885A Stent capable of attachment within a body lumen Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 547 Expired
US5593434A Stent capable of attachment within a body lumen Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 468 Expired
US6887266B2 Endoprostheses and methods of manufacture Human Necessities 436 Expired
US5618299A Ratcheting stent Human Necessities 388 Expired
US5707385A Drug loaded elastic membrane and method for delivery Human Necessities 378 Expired
US6845776B2 Satiation devices and methods Human Necessities 315 Expired
US7146984B2 Method and apparatus for modifying the exit orifice of a satiation pouch Human Necessities 293 Expired
US6488701B1 Stent-graft assembly with thin-walled graft component and method of manufacture Performing Operations; Transporting 289 Expired
US7529589B2 Intravascular electrophysiological system and methods Human Necessities 272 Expired
US7082336B2 Implantable intravascular device for defibrillation and/or pacing Human Necessities 235 Expired
US7152607B2 Satiation devices and methods Human Necessities 220 Expired
US8116883B2 Intravascular device for neuromodulation Human Necessities 201 Active
US5391172A Stent delivery system with coaxial catheter handle Human Necessities 200 Expired
US7734343B2 Implantable intravascular device for defibrillation and/or pacing Human Necessities 187 Active
US7833156B2 Procedural cannula and support system for surgical procedures Human Necessities 179 Active
US7617007B2 Method and apparatus for retaining medical implants within body vessels Human Necessities 179 Expired
US7925352B2 System and method for transvascularly stimulating contents of the carotid sheath Human Necessities 165 Active
US5827322A Shape memory locking mechanism for intravascular stents Human Necessities 158 Expired
US7899554B2 Intravascular System and Method Human Necessities 154 Active
US7747335B2 Implantable medical device having pre-implant exoskeleton Human Necessities 132 Active
US6932930B2 Intraluminal prostheses having polymeric material with selectively modified crystallinity and methods of making same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 125 Expired
US5437083A Stent-loading mechanism Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 104 Expired

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