Inventor · Los Gatos, CA, US

T. Daniel Gross

28Patents
20h-index
37Co-inventors
85Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 10, 1992 → Feb 28, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7918867B2 Suture trimmer Human Necessities 1,284 Active
US5417699A Device and method for the percutaneous suturing of a vascular puncture site Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1,276 Expired
US5613974A Apparatus and method for vascular closure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 713 Expired
US5860991A Method for the percutaneous suturing of a vascular puncture site Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 558 Expired
US5779719A Device and method for the percutaneous suturing of a vascular puncture site Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 385 Expired
US6746457B2 Snared suture trimmer Human Necessities 200 Expired
US7842047B2 Articulating suturing device and method Human Necessities 106 Expired
US7842051B2 Snared suture trimmer Human Necessities 104 Active
US7445626B2 Device and method for suturing tissue Human Necessities 92 Expired
US7147646B2 Snared suture trimmer Human Necessities 88 Expired
US8211123B2 Suture trimmer Human Necessities 70 Expired
US8202293B2 Clip applier and methods of use Human Necessities 46 Active
US8480691B2 Snared suture trimmer Human Necessities 45 Active
US7992571B2 Suture trimmer Human Necessities 30 Active
US8398656B2 Clip applier and methods of use Human Necessities 29 Active
US8585720B2 Suture trimmer Human Necessities 26 Active
US8529587B2 Methods of use of a clip applier Human Necessities 25 Active
US9320652B2 Features to improve and sense tympanic membrane apposition by tympanostomy tube delivery instrument Human Necessities 22 Active
US9750494B2 Suture trimmer Human Necessities 21 Active
US9320515B2 Snared suture trimmer Human Necessities 21 Active
US10143463B2 Snared suture trimmer Human Necessities 19 Active
US9681891B2 Tympanostomy tube delivery device with cutting dilator Human Necessities 14 Active
US9271707B2 Clip applier and methods of use Human Necessities 12 Active
US9398914B2 Methods of use of a clip applier Human Necessities 8 Active
US10219950B2 Features to improve and sense tympanic membrane apposition by tympanostomy tube delivery instrument Human Necessities 7 Active

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