Stephen Boyd
91Patents
34h-index
92Co-inventors
91Inventor score
Filing activity: Dec 7, 1994 → Mar 28, 2024
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5810721A | Soft tissue retractor and method for providing surgical access | Human Necessities | 1,783 | Expired |
| US6613069B2 | Tunneling instrument for port access multivessel coronary artery bypass surgery | Human Necessities | 1,368 | Expired |
| US6161543A | Methods of epicardial ablation for creating a lesion around the pulmonary veins | Human Necessities | 926 | Expired |
| US5799661A | Devices and methods for port-access multivessel coronary artery bypass surgery | Human Necessities | 518 | Expired |
| US5814016A | Endovascular system for arresting the heart | Human Necessities | 507 | Expired |
| US7803168B2 | Aortic valve repair | Human Necessities | 438 | Expired |
| US5558644A | Retrograde delivery catheter and method for inducing cardioplegic arrest | Human Necessities | 432 | Expired |
| US6048309A | Soft tissue retractor and delivery device therefor | Human Necessities | 408 | Expired |
| US6638233B2 | Apparatus and methods for material capture and removal | Human Necessities | 395 | Expired |
| US6913600B2 | Endovascular system for arresting the heart | Human Necessities | 365 | Expired |
| US6125852A | Minimally-invasive devices and methods for treatment of congestive heart failure | Human Necessities | 309 | Expired |
| US5913842A | Retrograde delivery catheter and method for inducing cardioplegic arrest | Human Necessities | 270 | Expired |
| US6629953B1 | Methods and devices for removing material from a vascular site | Human Necessities | 252 | Expired |
| US6142935A | Illuminating soft tissue retractor | Human Necessities | 237 | Expired |
| US6447525B2 | Apparatus and methods for removing material from a body lumen | Human Necessities | 224 | Expired |
| US6814700B1 | Soft tissue retractor and method for providing surgical access | Human Necessities | 215 | Expired |
| US6802319B2 | Minimally-invasive devices and methods for treatment of congestive heart failure | Human Necessities | 213 | Expired |
| US6185440A | Method for sequentially transmitting a downlink signal from a communication station that has an antenna array to achieve an omnidirectional radiation | Electricity | 187 | Expired |
| US7758500B2 | Soft tissue retractor and method for providing surgical access | Human Necessities | 185 | Expired |
| US5695457A | Cardioplegia catheter system | Human Necessities | 169 | Expired |
| US7387126B2 | Surgical system and procedure for treatment of medically refractory atrial fibrillation | Human Necessities | 164 | Expired |
| US6478029B1 | Devices and methods for port-access multivessel coronary artery bypass surgery | Human Necessities | 132 | Expired |
| US5807318A | Method of perfusing the coronary vasculature | Human Necessities | 131 | Expired |
| US6494211B1 | Device and methods for port-access multivessel coronary artery bypass surgery | Human Necessities | 129 | Expired |
| US5738652A | Retrograde delivery catheter and method for inducing cardioplegic arrest | Human Necessities | 112 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.