Inventor · Thetford Center, VT, US

Steven D. Pieper

18Patents
17h-index
4Co-inventors
67Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 30, 1994 → Apr 22, 2004

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5765561A Video-based surgical targeting system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 285 Expired
US6690960B2 Video-based surgical targeting system Human Necessities 258 Expired
US6261226A Electronically Steerable Endoscope Electricity 236 Expired
US5547455A Electronically steerable endoscope Electricity 235 Expired
US5800341A Electronically steerable endoscope Electricity 187 Expired
US5825908A Anatomical visualization and measurement system Physics 176 Expired
US6801643B2 Anatomical visualization system Physics 131 Expired
US7149333B2 Anatomical visualization and measurement system Physics 106 Expired
US6151404A Anatomical visualization system Physics 106 Expired
US6241657A Anatomical visualization system Human Necessities 97 Expired
US5776050A Anatomical visualization system Human Necessities 95 Expired
US6675032B2 Video-based surgical targeting system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 82 Expired
US7144367B2 Anatomical visualization system Physics 75 Expired
US5737506A Anatomical visualization system Physics 54 Expired
US6702736B2 Anatomical visualization system Physics 48 Expired
US6612980B2 Anatomical visualization system Human Necessities 41 Expired
US5545120A Endoscopic viewing system for maintaining a surgeon's normal sense of kinesthesia during endoscopic surgery regardless of the orientation of the endoscope vis-a-vis the surgeon Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 39 Expired
US7063660B2 Anatomical visualization system Human Necessities 14 Expired

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