Nicholas Maiorino
53Patents
13h-index
35Co-inventors
84Inventor score
Filing activity: Sep 27, 2001 → Feb 9, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7942302B2 | Surgical stapling device with coated knife blade | Human Necessities | 239 | Active |
| US8273105B2 | Compound barb medical device and method | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 121 | Active |
| US8333788B2 | Knotted suture end effector | Human Necessities | 58 | Active |
| US6936297B2 | Siliconized surgical needles and methods for their manufacture | Human Necessities | 38 | Expired |
| US8932327B2 | Anchoring device | Human Necessities | 25 | Active |
| US8323316B2 | Knotted suture end effector | Human Necessities | 25 | Active |
| US8454653B2 | Compound barb medical device and method | Human Necessities | 22 | Active |
| US8864776B2 | Deployment system for surgical suture | Human Necessities | 22 | Active |
| US8888810B2 | Compound barb medical device and method | Human Necessities | 18 | Active |
| US9023081B2 | Knotted suture end effector | Human Necessities | 16 | Active |
| US8161618B2 | Method of forming barbs on a suture | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 16 | Active |
| US8403017B2 | System, method and apparatus for making tapered looped suture | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 15 | Active |
| US8056599B2 | System and method of making tapered looped suture | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 14 | Active |
| US8222564B2 | Methods of altering surgical fiber | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Active |
| US9038688B2 | System and method for making tapered looped suture | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 10 | Active |
| US8739389B2 | Compound barb medical device and method | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 7 | Active |
| US9034011B2 | Anchoring device | Human Necessities | 7 | Active |
| US9713467B2 | Compound barb medical device and method | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Active |
| US8590588B2 | System and method for making tapered looped suture | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Active |
| US8726481B2 | Method of forming barbs on a suture | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 5 | Active |
| US10729429B2 | Compound barb medical device and method | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 5 | Active |
| US8932329B2 | Compound barb medical device and method | Human Necessities | 4 | Active |
| US9775606B2 | System and method for making tapered looped suture | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 4 | Active |
| US9050082B2 | Compound barb medical device and method | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 4 | Active |
| US9788832B2 | Compound barb medical device and method | Human Necessities | 3 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.