Othmar Wess
18Patents
10h-index
20Co-inventors
72Inventor score
Filing activity: Mar 3, 1983 → Aug 30, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5795311A | Apparatus for the treatment of biological tissue and corporal concretions | Human Necessities | 173 | Expired |
| US4669483A | Lithotripsy system having locating and orienting apparatus | Human Necessities | 96 | Expired |
| US4608983A | Generation for shock waves for contactless destruction of concrements in a living being | Human Necessities | 46 | Expired |
| US4662375A | Alleviating pain during extracoporal lithotripsy | Physics | 31 | Expired |
| US4530358A | Apparatus for comminuting concretions in bodies of living beings | Human Necessities | 31 | Expired |
| US4936291A | Concrement locating apparatus utilizing X-rays and ultrasonic detectors | Human Necessities | 16 | Expired |
| US5081984A | Positioning a patient for lithotripsy | Human Necessities | 14 | Expired |
| US4721108A | Generator for a pulse train of shockwaves | Physics | 12 | Expired |
| US5133338A | Medical lithotripsy work station | Human Necessities | 11 | Expired |
| US4570634A | Shockwave reflector | Physics | 11 | Expired |
| US5178136A | Lithotripter including a safety device | Human Necessities | 10 | Expired |
| US4805600A | Coupling the body of a patient to a membrane | Human Necessities | 8 | Expired |
| US6216294A | Device for positioning a patient | Human Necessities | 6 | Expired |
| US8099154B1 | Apparatus for generating focused acoustical pressure waves | Human Necessities | 5 | Expired |
| US6059741A | Device for treating corporal tissue and for crushing corporal concretions | Human Necessities | 4 | Expired |
| US4938232A | Coupling a membrane to the skin of a human being | Human Necessities | 3 | Expired |
| US5158072A | Apparatus for coupling shock waves into the body for contactless comminution of concrements | Human Necessities | 2 | Expired |
| US12048447B2 | Diffuser for a shockwave transducer | Human Necessities | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.