Richard M. Beane
31Patents
15h-index
26Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Aug 7, 1975 → Aug 7, 2013
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6159200A | Systems, methods, and instruments for minimally invasive surgery | Human Necessities | 1,680 | Expired |
| US6165184A | Systems methods and instruments for minimally invasive surgery | Human Necessities | 1,603 | Expired |
| US5906577A | Device, surgical access port, and method of retracting an incision into an opening and providing a channel through the incision | Human Necessities | 1,500 | Expired |
| US6440063B1 | Surgical access port and laparoscopic surgical method | Human Necessities | 317 | Expired |
| US7008377B2 | Surgical access port | Human Necessities | 312 | Expired |
| US6142936A | Surgical access port and method for accessing a patient's body cavity | Human Necessities | 294 | Expired |
| US6322500A | Minimally invasive surgical apparatus | Human Necessities | 231 | Expired |
| US5976075A | Endoscope deployment apparatus | Human Necessities | 160 | Expired |
| USD257854S | Pair of spectacles | General | 113 | Expired |
| US7186245B1 | Personal urine management system for human males | Human Necessities | 79 | Expired |
| US5133714A | Electrosurgical suction coagulator | Human Necessities | 73 | Expired |
| US7510561B2 | Apparatus and method for connecting a conduit to a hollow organ | Human Necessities | 32 | Expired |
| US8226670B2 | Apparatus and method for connecting a conduit to a hollow organ | Human Necessities | 31 | Active |
| US7799041B2 | Apparatus and method for forming a hole in a hollow organ | Human Necessities | 23 | Active |
| US5116333A | Bipolar handswitch adapter | Human Necessities | 18 | Expired |
| US6289895A | Urethral compression device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Expired |
| US6609522B2 | Urethral compression device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Expired |
| USD242854S | Pair of spectacles | General | 10 | Expired |
| US8679138B2 | Apparatus and method for forming a hole in a hollow organ | Human Necessities | 4 | Active |
| US7597676B2 | Malleolar pad | Human Necessities | 4 | Expired |
| USD257436S | Pair of spectacles | General | 3 | Expired |
| USD257855S | Pair of spectacles | General | 2 | Expired |
| USD257435S | Pair of spectacles | General | 2 | Expired |
| USD242788S | Pair of spectacles | General | 2 | Expired |
| US8414603B2 | Applicator, assembly, and method for connecting an inlet conduit to a hollow organ | Human Necessities | 1 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.