Inventor · Bridgewater, MA, US

Robert C. Thistle

30Patents
13h-index
23Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 27, 1999 → Nov 23, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9782193B2 Tissue shaving device having a fluid removal path Human Necessities 780 Active
US6214025A Self-centering, self-expanding and retrievable vena cava filter Human Necessities 278 Expired
US8398629B2 Low-profile, expanding single needle ablation probe Human Necessities 111 Active
US8048144B2 Prosthesis fixation device and method Human Necessities 88 Expired
US7029494B2 Braided modular stent with hourglass-shaped interfaces Textiles; Paper 69 Expired
US7320703B2 Method for inserting a prosthesis Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 45 Expired
US7670367B1 Multi-section filamentary endoluminal stent Textiles; Paper 42 Expired
US7402170B2 Crimp and weld wire connection Human Necessities 27 Expired
US8062346B2 Flexible stent-graft device having patterned polymeric coverings Human Necessities 27 Active
US7879081B2 Hypotube endoluminal device and method Human Necessities 23 Active
US7695506B2 Atraumatic connections for multi-component stents Human Necessities 21 Expired
US7122048B2 Hypotube endoluminal device Human Necessities 21 Expired
US7766959B2 Variable length endovascular graft prosthesis adapted to prevent endoleaks Human Necessities 13 Active
US8845714B2 Sealable attachment of endovascular stent to graft Human Necessities 10 Active
US8292946B2 Medical implants with limited resistance to migration Human Necessities 10 Active
US7833263B2 Hybrid vascular graft reinforcement Human Necessities 10 Expired
US7179283B2 Vapor deposition process for producing a stent-graft and a stent-graft produced therefrom Human Necessities 8 Expired
US9186166B2 Tissue shavers Human Necessities 5 Active
US8353947B2 Eversible locking mechanism for modular stents Human Necessities 5 Active
US8209843B2 Non-porous graft with fastening elements Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US8465538B2 Variable length endovascular graft prosthesis adapted to prevent endoleaks Human Necessities 3 Active
US7530994B2 Non-porous graft with fastening elements Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US8591564B2 Hypotube endoluminal device and method Human Necessities 1 Active
US7993334B2 Low-profile, expanding single needle ablation probe Human Necessities 1 Active
US10610250B2 Tissue shavers Human Necessities 1 Active

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