Inventor · Lutz, FL, US

Peter A. Hopping

49Patents
19h-index
36Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: May 24, 2002 → Sep 11, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7153286B2 Automated dialysis system Human Necessities 285 Expired
US7776006B2 Medical fluid pumping system having real time volume determination Human Necessities 209 Active
US6953323B2 Medical fluid pump Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 204 Expired
US7500962B2 Medical fluid machine with air purging pump Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 151 Expired
US6869538B2 Method and apparatus for controlling a medical fluid heater Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 143 Expired
US6939111B2 Method and apparatus for controlling medical fluid pressure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 127 Expired
US7087036B2 Fail safe system for operating medical fluid valves Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 116 Expired
US7815595B2 Automated dialysis pumping system Human Necessities 115 Active
US7789849B2 Automated dialysis pumping system using stepper motor Human Necessities 105 Active
US7736328B2 Dialysis system having supply container autoconnection Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 90 Active
US7662286B2 Method of purging air from a medical fluid machine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 82 Active
US8066671B2 Automated dialysis system including a piston and stepper motor Human Necessities 71 Active
US8764702B2 Dialysis system having dual patient line connection and prime Human Necessities 58 Active
US7909795B2 Dialysis system having disposable cassette and interface therefore Human Necessities 53 Active
US8529496B2 Peritoneal dialysis machine touch screen user interface Human Necessities 35 Active
US8083709B2 Dialysis method having supply container autoconnection Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Active
US8182673B2 Drain and fill logic for automated peritoneal dialysis Human Necessities 25 Active
US8376999B2 Automated dialysis system including touch screen controlled mechanically and pneumatically actuated pumping Human Necessities 25 Active
US9381290B2 System and method for pairing a dialysis machine with peripheral devices Physics 24 Active
US8262602B2 Remote exchange peritoneal dialysis Human Necessities 19 Active
US8328758B2 Dialysis systems and methods having disposable cassette and interface therefore Human Necessities 19 Active
US8257299B2 Dialysis methods and systems having autoconnection and autoidentification Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Active
US8449495B2 Dialysis system having automated effluent sampling and peritoneal equilibration test Human Necessities 9 Active
US8142649B2 Method for optimizing tidal therapies employing ultrafiltrate trending Human Necessities 6 Active
US9433719B2 Method for optimizing tidal therapies employing ultrafiltrate trending Human Necessities 4 Active

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