Inventor · Germantown, TN, US

Robert Varner

16Patents
14h-index
9Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 30, 1985 → Mar 29, 2011

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7837694B2 Method and apparatus for surgical instrument identification Human Necessities 1,510 Active
US7492261B2 Control system for an RFID-based system for assembling and verifying outbound surgical equipment corresponding to a particular surgery Physics 667 Active
US7474223B2 Method and apparatus for implant identification Human Necessities 232 Expired
US7256699B2 Button-type RFID tag Physics 116 Expired
US7227469B2 Surgical instrument tray shipping tote identification system and methods of using same Physics 113 Expired
US7268684B2 Workstation RFID reader for surgical instruments and surgical instrument trays and methods of using same Human Necessities 111 Expired
US7492257B2 Systems and methods for processing surgical instrument tray shipping totes Physics 62 Active
US8454613B2 Method and apparatus for surgical instrument identification Human Necessities 46 Active
US4608762A Bullet seating gauge and method for determining case base end to bullet tip distance Physics 43 Expired
US8624721B2 Method and apparatus for embedding a transmitter into a tool, and a system for monitoring the tool Human Necessities 35 Active
US7772964B2 Systems and methods for automated programming of RFID tags using machine readable indicia Physics 35 Active
US7213767B2 Sleeve-type RFID tag Physics 32 Expired
US8564416B2 Systems and methods for automated programming of RFID tags using machine readable indicia Physics 29 Active
US7705733B2 Coiled RFID tag Physics 16 Active
US7965185B2 Insertable form factor for an instrument tray Physics 11 Active
US8248243B2 Insertable form factor for an instrument tray Physics 2 Active

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