Inventor · Mission Viejo, CA, US

Rafael Pintor

49Patents
17h-index
37Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 28, 1997 → Sep 14, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6482217B1 Neuro thrombectomy catheter Human Necessities 1,504 Expired
US8308798B2 Quick-connect prosthetic heart valve and methods Human Necessities 443 Active
US8348998B2 Unitary quick connect prosthetic heart valve and deployment system and methods Human Necessities 276 Active
US5810867A Dilatation catheter with varied stiffness Human Necessities 172 Expired
US7235088B2 Neuro thrombectomy catheter Human Necessities 166 Expired
US8449625B2 Methods of measuring heart valve annuluses for valve replacement Human Necessities 162 Active
US8696742B2 Unitary quick-connect prosthetic heart valve deployment methods Human Necessities 161 Active
US7842055B2 Neuro thrombectomy catheter Human Necessities 146 Active
US6030405A Dilatation catheter with varied stiffness Human Necessities 84 Expired
US9248016B2 Prosthetic heart valve system Human Necessities 66 Active
US8579926B2 Plaque removal device with rotatable cutting element Human Necessities 63 Active
US8641757B2 Systems for rapidly deploying surgical heart valves Human Necessities 60 Active
US9005277B2 Unitary quick-connect prosthetic heart valve deployment system Human Necessities 56 Active
US9370418B2 Rapidly deployable surgical heart valves Human Necessities 49 Active
US9005278B2 Quick-connect prosthetic heart valve Human Necessities 28 Active
US9561100B2 Systems for quickly delivering a prosthetic heart valve Human Necessities 26 Active
USD846122S1 Heart valve sizer General 17 Active
US8869982B2 Prosthetic heart valve packaging and deployment system Human Necessities 16 Active
US9301749B2 Expandable clip for tissue repair Human Necessities 12 Active
US8591567B2 Apparatus and method for in situ expansion of prosthetic device Human Necessities 10 Active
US9504563B2 Rapidly deployable surgical heart valves Human Necessities 6 Active
US9295539B2 Prosthetic heart valve packaging and deployment methods Human Necessities 5 Active
US9918836B2 Prosthetic heart valve packaging and deployment methods Human Necessities 3 Active
US9901448B2 Rapid deployment methods for prosthetic heart valves Human Necessities 3 Active
US9931207B2 Methods of implanting a heart valve at an aortic annulus Human Necessities 3 Active

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