Inventor · Tecate Mission Road, CA, US

Than Nguyen

55Patents
37h-index
45Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 22, 1988 → Jun 19, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6231602A Aortic annuloplasty ring Human Necessities 881 Expired
US7914569B2 Heart valve prosthesis and methods of manufacture and use Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 647 Expired
US5104407A Selectively flexible annuloplasty ring Human Necessities 627 Expired
US6217610A Expandable annuloplasty ring Human Necessities 438 Expired
US8226710B2 Heart valve prosthesis and methods of manufacture and use Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 408 Active
US5928281A Tissue heart valves Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 403 Expired
US5961549A Multi-leaflet bioprosthetic heart valve Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 364 Expired
US4917698A Multi-segmented annuloplasty ring prosthesis Human Necessities 334 Expired
US6974464B2 Supportless atrioventricular heart valve and minimally invasive delivery systems thereof Human Necessities 328 Expired
US6585766B1 Cloth-covered stents for tissue heart valves Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 321 Expired
US5327774A Method for testing venous valves Human Necessities 262 Expired
US5041130A Flexible annuloplasty ring and holder Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 260 Expired
US8747459B2 System and method for transapical delivery of an annulus anchored self-expanding valve Human Necessities 253 Active
US6102944A Methods of tissue heart valve assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 252 Expired
US6802860B2 Annuloplasty ring delivery system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 250 Expired
US5272909A Method and device for testing venous valves Human Necessities 245 Expired
US5683402A Flexible suture guide and holder Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 219 Expired
US5350420A Flexible annuloplasty ring and holder Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 204 Expired
US6945997B2 Heart valves and suture rings therefor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 200 Expired
US6283993A Annuloplasty ring delivery system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 190 Expired
US5496336A Flexible suture guide and holder Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 176 Expired
US5290300A Flexible suture guide and holder Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 153 Expired
USD732666S1 Heart valve prosthesis General 143 Active
US5409833A Microvessel cell isolation apparatus Human Necessities 134 Expired
US9295550B2 Methods for delivering a self-expanding valve Human Necessities 126 Active

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