Stephen W. Smith
34Patents
21h-index
41Co-inventors
85Inventor score
Filing activity: Sep 11, 1980 → Sep 16, 2010
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5744898A | Ultrasound transducer array with transmitter/receiver integrated circuitry | Electricity | 239 | Expired |
| US6066096A | Imaging probes and catheters for volumetric intraluminal ultrasound imaging and related systems | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 221 | Expired |
| US5605154A | Two-dimensional phase correction using a deformable ultrasonic transducer array | Physics | 175 | Expired |
| US6572551B1 | Imaging catheters for volumetric intraluminal ultrasound imaging | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 132 | Expired |
| US5952823A | Magnetostrictive linear displacement transducer for a shock absorber | Performing Operations; Transporting | 129 | Expired |
| US4694434A | Three-dimensional imaging system | Physics | 102 | Expired |
| US4852577A | High speed adaptive ultrasonic phased array imaging system | Physics | 97 | Expired |
| US5548564A | Multi-layer composite ultrasonic transducer arrays | Electricity | 94 | Expired |
| US5311095A | Ultrasonic transducer array | Performing Operations; Transporting | 92 | Expired |
| US5329496A | Two-dimensional array ultrasonic transducers | Electricity | 91 | Expired |
| US6401883B1 | Vehicle suspension strut having a continuous position sensor | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 82 | Expired |
| US5331964A | Ultrasonic phased array imaging system with high speed adaptive processing using selected elements | Physics | 81 | Expired |
| US4331021A | Contrast resolution tissue equivalent ultrasound test object | Physics | 62 | Expired |
| US6276211A | Methods and systems for selective processing of transmit ultrasound beams to display views of selected slices of a volume | Physics | 46 | Expired |
| USD362240S | Computer interface device | General | 40 | Expired |
| US4596145A | Acoustic orthoscopic imaging system | Physics | 33 | Expired |
| US4949310A | Maltese cross processor: a high speed compound acoustic imaging system | Physics | 33 | Expired |
| US4982339A | High speed texture discriminator for ultrasonic imaging | Physics | 32 | Expired |
| US4817015A | High speed texture discriminator for ultrasonic imaging | Physics | 32 | Expired |
| US6530888B2 | Imaging probes and catheters for volumetric intraluminal ultrasound imaging | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 30 | Expired |
| US4894013A | Anthropomorphic cardiac ultrasound phantom | Human Necessities | 21 | Expired |
| US5736855A | Local buffer circuit for sonic waveguides | Physics | 20 | Expired |
| US5419329A | Optoelectronic transmitters for medical ultrasound transducers | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US4974461A | Anthropomorphic cardiac ultrasound phantom | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| USD358395S | Modem | General | 14 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.