Inventor · Detroit Lakes, MN, US

Thomas Barthel

22Patents
13h-index
47Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 6, 1975 → Sep 6, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5735792A Surgical instrument including viewing optics and an atraumatic probe Human Necessities 255 Expired
US4151513A Apparatus for sensing and transmitting a pacemaker's stimulating pulse Human Necessities 235 Expired
US5941816A Viewing system with adapter handle for medical breathing tubes Human Necessities 179 Expired
US5667478A Surgical instrument with stick-on fiber-optic viewing system and method of using Human Necessities 112 Expired
US4365290A Computer system with power control circuit Human Necessities 110 Expired
US5921917A Hand-held viewing system with removable sheath Human Necessities 64 Expired
US5512034A Surgical instrument including viewing optics and a ball probe Human Necessities 57 Expired
US5415158A Flexible endoscope with force limiting spring coupler Human Necessities 34 Expired
US4364396A Circuit and method for measuring PSA output and energy Human Necessities 24 Expired
US4333470A Output pulse artifact rejection in demand pacemakers Human Necessities 19 Expired
US5951463A Hand-held endoscopic viewing system Human Necessities 18 Expired
USRE32378E Output pulse artifact rejection in demand pacemakers and sensing circuits employed in conjunction therewith General 16 Expired
US6814698B2 Endoscope with flexible light guide having offset distal end Human Necessities 14 Expired
US6123762A Low-dust, well dispersible granulates based on silicate fillers modified with organosilicon compounds Chemistry; Metallurgy 13 Expired
US9297454B2 Gear unit with improved lubricant supply Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US6902715B2 Precipitated silicas having a narrow particle size distribution Chemistry; Metallurgy 5 Expired
US8722751B2 Thermostable microporous polymethacrylimide foams Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US10619024B2 Polyfunctional alcohols as cross-linkers in PMI foams Chemistry; Metallurgy 3 Active
US4397316A Rate and A-V delay generator for heart pacemaker Human Necessities 2 Expired
US7247694B2 PMI syrup phases and their use for stabilizing insoluble additives Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Expired
US9212269B2 PMI foams with improved mechanical properties, in particular with increased elongation at tear Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US10106426B2 Method for the separation of metal ions that are divalent or higher from strong acids or highly acidic media Chemistry; Metallurgy 0 Active

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