Stephen M. Salmon
26Patents
23h-index
23Co-inventors
85Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 18, 1990 → Nov 8, 2010
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.