Inventor · Grand Rapids, MI, US

Steven E. Field

32Patents
14h-index
15Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 30, 1996 → Jun 11, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6575991B1 Apparatus for the percutaneous marking of a lesion Human Necessities 212 Expired
US7569065B2 Apparatus for the percutaneous marking of a lesion Human Necessities 80 Expired
US7424320B2 Tissue localizing and marking device and method of using same Human Necessities 68 Expired
US7577473B2 Apparatus for subcutaneous placement of an imaging marker Human Necessities 56 Expired
US8052708B2 Apparatus for the percutaneous marking of a lesion Human Necessities 51 Active
US7819820B2 Self contained, self piercing, side-expelling marking apparatus Human Necessities 47 Expired
US8197419B2 Biopsy device having specimen length adjustment Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 41 Active
US8579931B2 Apparatus for the percutaneous marking of a lesion Human Necessities 34 Active
US8052658B2 Drug-eluting tissue marker Human Necessities 33 Active
US8486028B2 Tissue marking apparatus having drug-eluting tissue marker Human Necessities 30 Active
US8088081B2 Core biopsy device Human Necessities 29 Active
US6006750A Position sensing system and method for using the same Human Necessities 20 Expired
US8170648B2 Removable localizing wire Human Necessities 17 Active
US8287463B2 Removable localizing wire Human Necessities 15 Active
US8506504B2 Biopsy device having specimen length adjustment assembly including throw stop adjustable by rotation of distal nose on housing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Active
US8568334B2 Core biopsy device Human Necessities 13 Active
US8131346B2 Apparatus and method for implanting a preloaded localization wire Human Necessities 8 Active
US8634899B2 Multi mode imaging marker Human Necessities 6 Expired
US9848956B2 Self-contained, self-piercing, side-expelling marking apparatus Human Necessities 4 Active
US10342635B2 Marking device with retractable cannula Human Necessities 2 Active
US8409111B2 Removable localizing wire Human Necessities 1 Active
US8886292B2 Apparatus for implanting a preloaded localization wire Human Necessities 1 Active
US9707042B2 Apparatus for implanting a preloaded localization wire Human Necessities 1 Active
US8419656B2 Post decompression marker introducer system Human Necessities 1 Active
US11504206B2 Apparatus for implanting a preloaded localization wire Human Necessities 0 Active

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