Thomas Duerig
33Patents
19h-index
22Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Mar 19, 1982 → Oct 23, 2017
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6503272B2 | Stent-based venous valves | Human Necessities | 661 | Expired |
| US6443972B1 | Vascular filter | Human Necessities | 426 | Expired |
| US6190406A | Intravascular stent having tapered struts | Human Necessities | 368 | Expired |
| US6129755A | Intravascular stent having an improved strut configuration | Human Necessities | 358 | Expired |
| US6086610A | Composite self expanding stent device having a restraining element | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 243 | Expired |
| US6342067B1 | Intravascular stent having curved bridges for connecting adjacent hoops | Human Necessities | 211 | Expired |
| US6179878A | Composite self expanding stent device having a restraining element | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 181 | Expired |
| US5843244A | Shape memory alloy treatment | Human Necessities | 154 | Expired |
| US6503271B2 | Intravascular device with improved radiopacity | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 128 | Expired |
| US6287329A | Stent keeper for a self-expanding stent delivery system | Human Necessities | 108 | Expired |
| US6579302B2 | Total occlusion guidewire device | Human Necessities | 107 | Expired |
| US4935068A | Method of treating a sample of an alloy | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 100 | Expired |
| US6312454A | Stent assembly | Human Necessities | 87 | Expired |
| US6935404B2 | Intravascular device with improved radiopacity | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 67 | Expired |
| US4518444A | Material which is at least partially made from a constituent having a one-way shape memory effect and process to produce said material | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 64 | Expired |
| US6312455A | Stent | Human Necessities | 47 | Expired |
| US4575325A | Device for atomizing liquid metals for the purpose of producing a finely granular powder | Performing Operations; Transporting | 38 | Expired |
| US8118827B2 | Total occlusion guidewire device | Human Necessities | 25 | Expired |
| US4808246A | Composite material in rod, tube, strip, sheet or plate shape with reversible thermomechanical properties and process for its production | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 20 | Expired |
| US4412872A | Process for manufacturing a component from a titanium alloy, as well as a component and the use thereof | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 17 | Expired |
| US6116733A | Hinge connection for a temple piece of an eyeglass frame | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US4405387A | Process to produce a reversible two-way shape memory effect in a component made from a material showing a one-way shape memory effect | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 15 | Expired |
| US4637962A | Composite material in rod, tube, strip, sheet or plate shape with reversible thermomechanical properties and process for its production | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Expired |
| US5395193A | Optimized elastic belleville fastener useful in eyeglass frames | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Expired |
| US4640806A | Process for atomizing liquid metals to produce finely granular powder | Performing Operations; Transporting | 11 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.