Thomas Albrecht
60Patents
17h-index
108Co-inventors
87Inventor score
Filing activity: Feb 16, 1988 → Mar 13, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US9468438B2 | Sensor straightened end effector during removal through trocar | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1,672 | Active |
| US7670338B2 | Device for tissue removal | Human Necessities | 294 | Expired |
| US9250172B2 | Systems and methods for predicting metabolic and bariatric surgery outcomes | Physics | 256 | Active |
| US6162187A | Fluid collection apparatus for a surgical device | Human Necessities | 231 | Expired |
| US6840948B2 | Device for removal of tissue lesions | Human Necessities | 128 | Expired |
| US7470237B2 | Biopsy instrument with improved needle penetration | Human Necessities | 112 | Expired |
| US8641728B2 | Attachment apparatus for coupling with an endoscope | Human Necessities | 108 | Active |
| US7951067B2 | Implantable band having improved attachment mechanism | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 52 | Active |
| US7862582B2 | Suture management | Human Necessities | 43 | Active |
| US8636751B2 | Methods and devices for the rerouting of chyme to induce intestinal brake | Human Necessities | 40 | Active |
| US6855140B2 | Method of tissue lesion removal | Human Necessities | 37 | Expired |
| US8147502B2 | Gastric coil manipulator | Human Necessities | 36 | Active |
| US8118820B2 | Method for instrument insertion through a body orifice | Human Necessities | 29 | Active |
| USD541417S1 | Trocar | General | 26 | Expired |
| US8812100B2 | Device and method for self-positioning of a stimulation device to activate brown adipose tissue depot in a supraclavicular fossa region | Human Necessities | 26 | Active |
| USD542918S1 | Trocar | General | 23 | Expired |
| US8603023B2 | Intestinal brake inducing intraluminal therapeutic substance eluting devices and methods | Human Necessities | 17 | Active |
| US8876761B2 | Intestinal brake inducing intraluminal therapeutic substance eluting devices and methods | Human Necessities | 17 | Active |
| US9283709B2 | Container treatment plant comprising an oven and a blow molder with individually driven carriers for preforms | Performing Operations; Transporting | 16 | Active |
| US8133217B2 | Method and apparatus for marking a lumenal wall | Human Necessities | 16 | Active |
| US8097000B2 | Hybrid laparoscopic-endoscopic surgical technique for delivering end effectors through a natural orifice | Human Necessities | 13 | Active |
| US6918754B2 | Blow mold and blow-molding machine | Performing Operations; Transporting | 12 | Expired |
| US9085098B2 | Stretch blow molding machine with rapid prototyping components | Performing Operations; Transporting | 8 | Active |
| US8807980B2 | Magazine apparatus for the storage of blow moulds and methods of storing blow moulds | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Active |
| US8920151B2 | Method and device for installing and/or removing blow moulds | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.