Inventor · Stockton, NJ, US

Robert Nering

31Patents
17h-index
37Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 24, 1997 → Mar 29, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6616661B2 Surgical device for clamping, ligating, and severing tissue Human Necessities 272 Expired
US6652562B2 Suture anchoring and tensioning device Human Necessities 218 Expired
US5935138A Spiral needle for endoscopic surgery Human Necessities 166 Expired
US7371244B2 Deployment apparatus for suture anchoring device Human Necessities 80 Expired
US8579920B2 Surgical fasteners, applicator instruments, and methods for deploying surgical fasteners Human Necessities 75 Active
US8894669B2 Surgical fasteners, applicator instruments, and methods for deploying surgical fasteners Human Necessities 66 Active
US8771314B2 Surgical anchor device Human Necessities 62 Active
US9055945B2 Surgical fasteners having articulating joints and deflectable tips Human Necessities 59 Active
US9855041B2 Surgical fasteners for securing prosthetic devices to tissue Human Necessities 45 Active
US9498211B2 Methods of using applicator instruments for securing prosthetic devices to tissue Human Necessities 45 Active
US7335221B2 Suture anchoring and tensioning device and method for using same Human Necessities 45 Expired
US9770317B2 Curved surgical fasteners for securing prosthetic devices to tissue Human Necessities 41 Active
US8728098B2 Surgical fasteners, applicator instruments, and methods for deploying surgical fasteners Human Necessities 37 Active
USD744646S1 Surgical fastener General 32 Active
US7686830B2 Suture anchoring device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Active
US10368860B2 Absorbable surgical fasteners for securing prosthetic devices to tissue Human Necessities 17 Active
US6679892B2 Surgical device for ligating and severing vessels Human Necessities 17 Expired
USD782674S1 Multi-barbed anchor General 12 Active
USD698021S1 Surgical fastener General 6 Active
US7628066B2 Apparatus and method for evaluating peel adhesion Physics 5 Active
US9198648B2 Method and device for approximating tissue Human Necessities 5 Active
USD768297S1 Multi-barbed anchor General 5 Active
USD754855S1 Curved tissue fastening device General 4 Active
US9095336B2 Knotless suture device Human Necessities 2 Active
US9044223B2 Implant insertion systems and methods of use Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active

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