Inventor · Nashville, TN, US

Ray Lathrop

25Patents
12h-index
46Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 21, 2001 → Dec 17, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US10610313B2 Surgical instrument with shiftable transmission Human Necessities 860 Active
US9901412B2 Dexterous surgical manipulator and method of use Human Necessities 818 Active
US10478207B2 Surgical grasper Human Necessities 726 Active
US10307214B2 Modular sterilizable robotic system for endonasal surgery Human Necessities 27 Active
US6623049B2 Battery latch Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
USD562981S1 Lancet General 21 Expired
US7867244B2 Lancing devices having lancet ejection assembly Human Necessities 18 Active
US7678127B2 Multi-lancet device with sterility cap repositioning mechanism Human Necessities 15 Active
US7955348B2 Lancing devices and methods Human Necessities 14 Active
US7914547B2 Adjustable lancing devices and methods Human Necessities 13 Active
US7909842B2 Lancing devices having depth adjustment assembly Human Necessities 12 Active
US8016848B2 Lancets and methods of use Human Necessities 12 Active
USD592307S1 Lancet General 9 Expired
US10441371B2 Concentric tube robot Human Necessities 8 Active
US10548630B2 System, method, and apparatus for configuration, design, and operation of an active cannula robot Human Necessities 5 Active
US7998160B2 Lancing devices having lancet ejection assembly Human Necessities 2 Active
US11219493B2 Surgical instrument with shiftable transmission Human Necessities 1 Active
US8192454B2 Lancing devices having depth adjustment assembly Human Necessities 1 Active
US11974889B2 Variable rigidity, conformable apparatus for non-invasively affixing surgical fiducials and surgical tools to patients Human Necessities 0 Active
US12318155B2 Surgical instrument with shiftable transmission Human Necessities 0 Active
US8029526B2 Cocking mechanism for lancing device Human Necessities 0 Active
US10149694B2 Energy balance mechanism for flexure joint Human Necessities 0 Active
US10653491B2 Dexterous surgical manipulator and method of use Human Necessities 0 Active
US8197503B2 Side loading lancing device Human Necessities 0 Active
US8366730B2 Cocking mechanism for lancing device Human Necessities 0 Active

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