Inventor · Fremont, CA, US

Thomas Duerig

33Patents
19h-index
22Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 19, 1982 → Oct 23, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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.