Ralph Joseph Thomas
47Patents
13h-index
43Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Dec 16, 2002 → Jun 6, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7037290B2 | Multi-lumen steerable catheter | Human Necessities | 189 | Expired |
| US9700411B2 | Delivery system for collapsible heart valve | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 128 | Active |
| US8296684B2 | Navigating among activities in a computing device | Electricity | 84 | Active |
| US8509916B2 | Bilumen guide catheters for accessing cardiac sites | Human Necessities | 34 | Expired |
| US8778019B2 | Staged deployment devices and method for transcatheter heart valve delivery | Human Necessities | 34 | Active |
| US8814931B2 | Staged deployment devices and methods for transcatheter heart valve delivery systems | Human Necessities | 34 | Active |
| US9801717B2 | Prosthetic heart valve holder apparatus | Human Necessities | 30 | Active |
| US10143551B2 | Paravalvular sealing via extended cuff mechanisms | Human Necessities | 27 | Active |
| US10398550B2 | Atraumatic interface in an implant delivery device | Human Necessities | 24 | Active |
| US10678403B2 | Navigating among activities in a computing device | Electricity | 16 | Active |
| US9060860B2 | Devices and methods for transcatheter heart valve delivery | Human Necessities | 14 | Active |
| US10758351B2 | Devices and methods for transcatheter heart valve delivery | Human Necessities | 14 | Active |
| USD708744S1 | Deployment handle | General | 13 | Active |
| US8266187B2 | Integration of static and dynamic data for database entities and the unified presentation thereof | Electricity | 12 | Active |
| US9333076B1 | Prosthetic heart valve holder apparatus | Human Necessities | 11 | Active |
| US9867701B2 | Devices and methods for transcatheter heart valve delivery | Human Necessities | 10 | Active |
| US9489107B2 | Navigating among activities in a computing device | Electricity | 8 | Active |
| US9021674B2 | System for loading a collapsible heart valve | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 7 | Active |
| US8004541B2 | Structured display system with system defined transitions | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US8893370B2 | System for loading a collapsible heart valve | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 3 | Active |
| US10891027B2 | Navigating among activities in a computing device | Electricity | 2 | Active |
| US11262889B2 | Navigating among activities in a computing device | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US10130470B2 | Sleeve for facilitating movement of a transfemoral catheter | Human Necessities | 1 | Active |
| US11650715B2 | Navigating among activities in a computing device | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US9918837B2 | System to assist in the release of a collapsible stent from a delivery device | Human Necessities | 1 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.