Robert Sixto, Jr.
69Patents
35h-index
39Co-inventors
88Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 27, 1994 → Jan 8, 2020
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US8454628B2 | Surgical fastener aligning instrument particularly for transoral treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease | Human Necessities | 1,597 | Active |
| US7357806B2 | Clip ejector for endoscopic clip applier | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1,451 | Expired |
| US6743240B2 | Flexible surgical device having a rotatable end effector assembly | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 889 | Expired |
| US7033378B2 | Surgical fastener, particularly for the endoluminal treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) | Human Necessities | 764 | Expired |
| US8066721B2 | Surgical clip application assembly | Human Necessities | 473 | Active |
| US6824548B2 | Flexible surgical clip applier | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 455 | Expired |
| US6843794B2 | Surgical clip applier having jaws adapted to guide and deform a clip | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 410 | Expired |
| US6945979B2 | Surgical device having a handle adapted to impart tensile and compressive forces to elements at a distal end of the device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 405 | Expired |
| US5814054A | Automatic needle-passer suturing instrument | Human Necessities | 387 | Expired |
| US6966919B2 | Instrument for applying a surgical fastener particularly for the transoral treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) | Human Necessities | 383 | Expired |
| US7232445B2 | Apparatus for the endoluminal treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) | Human Necessities | 345 | Expired |
| US6716226B2 | Surgical clip | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 337 | Expired |
| US6193718A | Endoscopic electrocautery instrument | Human Necessities | 273 | Expired |
| US7727248B2 | Surgical clip | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 246 | Active |
| US7223272B2 | Endoscopic clip applier with hermaphroditic jaws mounted on non-collinear axes | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 244 | Expired |
| US6494881B1 | Apparatus and method for electrode-surgical tissue removal having a selectively insulated electrode | Human Necessities | 223 | Expired |
| US7070602B2 | Method of applying surgical clips to tissue | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 207 | Expired |
| US8021378B2 | Surgical clip | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 182 | Active |
| US7942885B2 | Surgical clip applier having clip chamber with clip chain | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 135 | Active |
| US8568462B2 | Bone plate system with two different types of drill guides | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 115 | Active |
| US5893846A | Ceramic coated endoscopic scissor blades and a method of making the same | Human Necessities | 112 | Expired |
| US7615058B2 | Surgical clip applier having jaws adapted to guide and deform a clip | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 109 | Active |
| US8062314B2 | Methods for the endoluminal treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) | Human Necessities | 103 | Active |
| US7727246B2 | Methods for endoluminal treatment | Human Necessities | 100 | Expired |
| US8394130B2 | Modular fracture fixation system | Human Necessities | 96 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.