Inventor · Detroit, MI, US

Robert Smith

19Patents
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20Co-inventors
62Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 2, 2004 → Mar 29, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8323174B2 Skin interface for ventricular assist device Human Necessities 82 Active
US9592328B2 Skin interface device for cardiac assist device Human Necessities 26 Active
US8066628B1 Intra-aortic balloon pump and driver Human Necessities 12 Active
US9265871B2 Skin interface device for cardiac assist device Human Necessities 8 Active
US8684905B2 Intra-aortic balloon pump assembly for ventricular assist device Human Necessities 8 Active
US8540618B2 Stable aortic blood pump implant Human Necessities 8 Active
US8608637B2 Internal drive line for ventricular assist device Human Necessities 5 Active
US8326421B2 Ventricular assist device Human Necessities 3 Active
US9433715B2 Stable aortic blood pump implant Human Necessities 2 Active
US9694122B2 Rigid body aortic blood pump implant Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active
US10518009B2 Introducer assembly and method of use thereof Human Necessities 1 Active
US11285313B2 Predictive QRS detection and R-to-R timing systems and methods Human Necessities 1 Active
US7846083B2 Left ventricle assist device (LVAD) Human Necessities 1 Active
US12178586B2 Predictive QRS detection and R-to-R timing systems and methods Human Necessities 0 Active
US11135420B2 Introducer assembly and method of use thereof Human Necessities 0 Active
US8070668B2 Controlled inflation of a pneumatic L-VAD Human Necessities 0 Active
US12156978B2 Intravascularly delivered blood pumps and associated devices, systems, and methods Human Necessities 0 Active
US8721515B2 Rigid body aortic blood pump implant Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Active
US11684768B2 Blood pump assembly and method of use thereof Human Necessities 0 Active

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