Inventor · Sunnyvale, CA, US

Stephen M. Salmon

26Patents
23h-index
23Co-inventors
85Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 18, 1990 → Nov 8, 2010

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6942674B2 Apparatus and methods for delivering a closure device Human Necessities 1,537 Expired
US5054492A Ultrasonic imaging catheter having rotational image correlation Human Necessities 523 Expired
US6663655B2 Apparatus and methods for sealing vascular punctures Human Necessities 316 Expired
US5201316A Guide wire receptacle for catheters having rigid housings Human Necessities 291 Expired
US5749848A Catheter system having imaging, balloon angioplasty, and stent deployment capabilities, and method of use for guided stent deployment Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 290 Expired
US6846319B2 Devices for sealing openings through tissue and apparatus and methods for delivering them Human Necessities 254 Expired
US5368049A Superelastic formable guidewire with malleable cladding Human Necessities 239 Expired
US5443457A Tracking tip for a short lumen rapid exchange catheter Human Necessities 175 Expired
US5724977A Rotational correlation of intravascular ultrasound image with guide catheter position Human Necessities 173 Expired
US5620417A Rapid exchange delivery catheter Human Necessities 149 Expired
US5314408A Expandable member for a catheter system Human Necessities 134 Expired
US7044964B2 Catheter system having imaging, balloon angioplasty, and stent deployment capabilities, and method of use for guided stent deployment Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 130 Expired
US5348017A Drive shaft for an intravascular catheter system Human Necessities 122 Expired
US5458585A Tracking tip for a work element in a catheter system Human Necessities 115 Expired
US5596990A Rotational correlation of intravascular ultrasound image with guide catheter position Human Necessities 95 Expired
US5133364A Guidewire extension with self-latching detachable connector Human Necessities 91 Expired
US6074362A Catheter system having imaging, balloon angioplasty, and stent deployment capabilities, and methods of use for guided stent deployment Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 91 Expired
US5503155A Drive cable having internal lead wires Human Necessities 87 Expired
US5707354A Compliant catheter lumen and methods Human Necessities 85 Expired
US5879305A Rotational correlation of intravascular ultrasound image with guide catheter position Human Necessities 80 Expired
US5935114A Rapid exchange delivery catheter Human Necessities 78 Expired
US5823992A Methods for using catheters having compliant lumens Human Necessities 54 Expired
US8758400B2 Closure system and methods of use Human Necessities 23 Active
US9492148B2 Apparatus and methods for sealing vascular punctures Human Necessities 13 Active
US7828817B2 Apparatus and methods for delivering a closure device Human Necessities 12 Active

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