Niall Duffy
92Patents
23h-index
120Co-inventors
91Inventor score
Filing activity: Sep 14, 1998 → Feb 8, 2024
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.