Inventor · Montville, NJ, US

Stephen Tatar

81Patents
43h-index
7Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: May 15, 1997 → Jun 27, 2012

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5882350A Polyaxial pedicle screw having a threaded and tapered compression locking mechanism Human Necessities 584 Expired
US6113601A Polyaxial pedicle screw having a loosely coupled locking cap Human Necessities 519 Expired
US5989291A Intervertebral spacer device Human Necessities 453 Expired
USRE37665E1 Polyaxial pedicle screw having a threaded and tapered compression locking mechanism General 442 Expired
US6451021B1 Polyaxial pedicle screw having a rotating locking element Human Necessities 397 Expired
US5910142A Polyaxial pedicle screw having a rod clamping split ferrule coupling element Human Necessities 299 Expired
US6840940B2 Polyaxial pedicle screw having a rotating locking element Human Necessities 292 Expired
US6402756B1 Longitudinal plate assembly having an adjustable length Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 290 Expired
US6673113B2 Intervertebral spacer device having arch shaped spring elements Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 275 Expired
USRE39089E1 Polyaxial pedicle screw having a threaded and tapered compression locking mechanism General 265 Expired
US5997539A Polyaxial pedicle screw having a compression locking rod gripping mechanism Human Necessities 246 Expired
US5810819A Polyaxial pedicle screw having a compression locking rod gripping mechanism Human Necessities 243 Expired
US6689134B2 Longitudinal plate assembly having an adjustable length Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 233 Expired
US6827719B2 Polyaxial pedicle screw having a rotating locking element Human Necessities 223 Expired
US6440142B1 Femoral ring loader Human Necessities 221 Expired
US6610092B2 Intervertebral spacer device having a slotted partial circular domed arch strip spring Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 221 Expired
US6723127B2 Artificial intervertebral disc having a wave washer force restoring element Human Necessities 205 Expired
US6623525B2 Porous intervertebral distraction spacers Human Necessities 193 Expired
US6645249B2 Intervertebral spacer device having a multi-pronged domed spring Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 188 Expired
US6758861B2 Intervertebral spacer device having a wave washer force restoring element Human Necessities 183 Expired
US6740117B2 Intervertebral spacer device having a radially thinning slotted belleville spring Human Necessities 182 Expired
US7261739B2 Intervertebral spacer device having arch shaped spring element Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 168 Expired
US5810818A Spinal hook implant having a low blade and S swivel hook Human Necessities 160 Expired
US6669731B2 Intervertebral spacer device having a slotted domed arch strip spring Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 146 Expired
US6863689B2 Intervertebral spacer having a flexible wire mesh vertebral body contact element Human Necessities 140 Expired

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