Robert A. Rousseau
75Patents
25h-index
43Co-inventors
88Inventor score
Filing activity: Jun 11, 1976 → Nov 22, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US8388633B2 | Implantable repair device | Human Necessities | 1,314 | Active |
| US8561617B2 | Implant systems and methods for treating obstructive sleep apnea | Human Necessities | 997 | Active |
| US8413661B2 | Methods and devices for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea | Human Necessities | 934 | Active |
| US9161855B2 | Tissue supporting device and method | Human Necessities | 619 | Active |
| US10786248B2 | Intra dermal tissue fixation device | Human Necessities | 547 | Active |
| US6551356B2 | Pocketed hernia repair | Human Necessities | 354 | Expired |
| US6685714B2 | Method for deploying medical textiles | Human Necessities | 336 | Expired |
| US6425924B1 | Hernia repair prosthesis | Human Necessities | 298 | Expired |
| US6638284B1 | Knitted surgical mesh | Textiles; Paper | 287 | Expired |
| US6755868B2 | Hernia repair device | Human Necessities | 242 | Expired |
| US6575988B2 | Deployment apparatus for supple surgical materials | Human Necessities | 239 | Expired |
| US5972003A | Single-free ligation clip module | Human Necessities | 237 | Expired |
| US6712859B2 | Hernia repair prosthesis and methods for making same | Human Necessities | 228 | Expired |
| US7361179B2 | Sternal closure device and method | Human Necessities | 216 | Expired |
| US5971995A | Surgical pouch instrument | Human Necessities | 214 | Expired |
| US6800082B2 | Absorbable mesh device | Human Necessities | 173 | Expired |
| US6616685B2 | Hernia repair device | Human Necessities | 108 | Expired |
| US6755867B2 | Hernia repair prosthesis and method | Human Necessities | 66 | Expired |
| US9687262B2 | Methods and devices for treating vulnerable plaque | Human Necessities | 66 | Active |
| US7828854B2 | Implantable repair device | Human Necessities | 51 | Active |
| US8206632B2 | Methods of making composite prosthetic devices having improved bond strength | Human Necessities | 43 | Active |
| US8226684B2 | Surgical sutures having collapsible tissue anchoring protrusions and methods therefor | Human Necessities | 39 | Active |
| US6915330B2 | Web function blocks capable of exchanging HTTP type of messages in automation equipment | Electricity | 31 | Expired |
| US9770241B2 | Suture with trim formed tip | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 28 | Active |
| US6302897A | Device for deploying medical textiles | Human Necessities | 25 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.