Inventor · Galway, IE

Niall Duffy

92Patents
23h-index
120Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 14, 1998 → Feb 8, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6730116B1 Medical device for intraluminal endovascular stenting Human Necessities 196 Expired
US6048332A Dimpled porous infusion balloon Human Necessities 187 Expired
US8475523B2 Distal tip assembly for a heart valve delivery catheter Human Necessities 186 Active
US8926693B2 Heart valve delivery catheter with safety button Human Necessities 141 Active
US8518106B2 Catheter assembly with valve crimping accessories Human Necessities 139 Active
US6918928B2 Medical device for intraluminal endovascular stenting Human Necessities 133 Expired
US8257312B2 Integrated slitter for medical instrument inserter Human Necessities 115 Active
US9662203B2 Prosthetic valve with vortice-inducing baffle Human Necessities 115 Active
US6800065B2 Catheter and guide wire exchange system Human Necessities 109 Expired
US9023099B2 Prosthetic mitral valve and delivery method Human Necessities 101 Active
US6893417B2 Catheter and guide wire exchange system with improved proximal shaft and transition section Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 94 Expired
US9616159B2 Modular implantable ventricular assist device Human Necessities 65 Active
US9925045B2 Systems, devices and methods for transcatheter valve delivery Human Necessities 58 Active
US8007469B2 Medical instrument inserter Human Necessities 51 Active
US6050973A Pressure limiting device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 50 Expired
US10183104B2 Modular implantable ventricular assist device Human Necessities 38 Active
US9301839B2 Transcatheter prosthetic heart valve delivery device with release features Human Necessities 36 Active
US6966890B2 Convertible balloon catheter and manufacture thereof Human Necessities 32 Expired
US10368989B2 Hinged transcatheter prosthetic heart valve delivery system Human Necessities 26 Active
US9907931B2 Elastic introducer sheath Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Active
US6902057B2 Packaging device for a catheter assembly Human Necessities 25 Expired
US10555812B2 Methods for anchoring a heart valve prosthesis in a transcatheter valve implantation procedure Human Necessities 24 Active
US7727268B2 Methods and devices for placing a fistula device in fluid communication with a target vessel Human Necessities 23 Active
US10154905B2 System and method for deflecting a delivery catheter Human Necessities 23 Active
US8343181B2 Method and apparatus for treating stenoses at bifurcated regions Human Necessities 21 Active

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