Inventor · Menlo Park, CA, US

Robert S. Bley

26Patents
19h-index
26Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 26, 1982 → Dec 1, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5674241A Covered expanding mesh stent Human Necessities 531 Expired
US5599291A Softening expanding ureteral stent Human Necessities 311 Expired
US5968070A Covered expanding mesh stent Human Necessities 311 Expired
US5964744A Polymeric medical device systems having shape memory Human Necessities 241 Expired
US6569145B1 Pressure-controlled continuous coronary sinus occlusion device and methods of use Human Necessities 210 Expired
US5159920A Scope and stent system Human Necessities 192 Expired
US5188596A Transparent prostate dilation balloon and scope Human Necessities 191 Expired
US5902832A Method of synthesizing swollen hydrogel for sphincter augmentation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 154 Expired
US5762630A Thermally softening stylet Human Necessities 140 Expired
US7083588B1 Apparatus for providing coronary retroperfusion and methods of use Human Necessities 135 Expired
US5813411A Method of deforming tissue with a swollen hydrogel Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 129 Expired
US5855615A Controller expansion sphincter augmentation media Human Necessities 123 Expired
US5250020A Unitary inflatable penile prosthesis Human Necessities 112 Expired
US4475898A Fetal ventriculo-amniotic shunt Human Necessities 95 Expired
US6059771A Stiffening member to increase fluid flow within a medical device Human Necessities 58 Expired
US6306418A Controlled expansion sphincter augmentation media Human Necessities 57 Expired
US5549672A Method and apparatus for filling mammary prostheses and tissue expanders Human Necessities 49 Expired
US7049346B1 Swollen hydrogel for sphincter augmentation Human Necessities 33 Expired
US6592859B1 Controlled expansion sphincter augmentation media Human Necessities 20 Expired
US6770038B2 Stiffening member to increase fluid flow within a medical device Human Necessities 11 Expired
US9441759B1 Positionable mechanism for dust collection port and lathe accesories Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Active
US11154420B2 Ophthalmic injection device Human Necessities 2 Active
US11622884B2 Ophthalmic delivery device and ophthalmic drug compositions Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Active
US11672950B2 Flexible catheters and related methods Human Necessities 2 Active
US11564834B2 Sterile lyophilized drug compositions and methods for treating ocular diseases or conditions Human Necessities 1 Active

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