Inventor · Mission Viejo, CA, US

Robert Stobie

19Patents
14h-index
20Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 29, 1990 → Aug 11, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6409758B1 Heart valve holder for constricting the valve commissures and methods of use Human Necessities 188 Expired
US6045576A Sewing ring having increased annular coaptation Human Necessities 162 Expired
US5755783A Suture rings for rotatable artificial heart valves Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 158 Expired
US6966925B2 Heart valve holder and method for resisting suture looping Human Necessities 155 Expired
US6846324B2 Combination anatomical orifice sizer and heart valve Human Necessities 152 Expired
US6143025A Suture rings for rotatable artificial heart valves Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 148 Expired
US6964682B2 Heart valve holder that resist suture looping Human Necessities 108 Expired
US6702852B2 Method for retrofitting a heart valve holder Human Necessities 95 Expired
US7658763B2 Heart valve holder and method for resisting suture looping Human Necessities 81 Active
US7819915B2 Heart valve holders and handling clips therefor Human Necessities 66 Active
US6383147B1 Anatomical orifice sizers and methods of orifice sizing Human Necessities 56 Expired
US5035709A Mechanical heart valve with compliant sewing ring Human Necessities 54 Expired
US5554186A Bileaflet mechanical heart valve having cropped slot pivot configuration and method for preventing blood stagnation therein Human Necessities 51 Expired
US7909866B2 Heart valve sizers dimensioned larger than corresponding heart valves Human Necessities 42 Active
US7806926B2 Holders for prosthetic aortic heart valves Human Necessities 7 Active
USRE46668E1 Heart valve holder and method for resisting suture looping General 4 Active
USRE47065E1 Heart valve holder and method for resisting suture looping General 2 Active
US8021161B2 Simulated heart valve root for training and testing Human Necessities 1 Active
US8202314B2 Holders for prosthetic aortic heart valves Human Necessities 1 Active

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