Thomas Ryan
64Patents
39h-index
66Co-inventors
91Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 26, 1994 → Aug 4, 2021
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5776130A | Vascular tissue sealing pressure control | Human Necessities | 2,212 | Expired |
| US5827271A | Energy delivery system for vessel sealing | Human Necessities | 2,135 | Expired |
| US6039733A | Method of vascular tissue sealing pressure control | Human Necessities | 1,971 | Expired |
| US6932810B2 | Apparatus and method for sealing and cutting tissue | Human Necessities | 1,808 | Expired |
| US5738648A | Method and apparatus for a valve and irrigator | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1,463 | Expired |
| US6267761A | Apparatus and method for sealing and cutting tissue | Human Necessities | 836 | Expired |
| US6152923A | Multi-contact forceps and method of sealing, coagulating, cauterizing and/or cutting vessels and tissue | Human Necessities | 704 | Expired |
| US6066139A | Apparatus and method for sterilization and embolization | Human Necessities | 588 | Expired |
| US6280441A | Apparatus and method for RF lesioning | Human Necessities | 496 | Expired |
| US7066936B2 | Surgical cutting and tissue vaporizing instrument | Human Necessities | 457 | Expired |
| US7135018B2 | Electrosurgical instrument and method for transecting an organ | Human Necessities | 457 | Expired |
| US6224593A | Tissue sealing using microwaves | Human Necessities | 395 | Expired |
| US6179834A | Vascular tissue sealing pressure control and method | Human Necessities | 369 | Expired |
| US7270660B2 | Apparatus and method for sealing and cutting tissue | Human Necessities | 250 | Expired |
| US10675080B2 | System and methods of controlling temperature related to electrosurgical procedures | Human Necessities | 227 | Active |
| US6881213B2 | Device and method to expand treatment array | Human Necessities | 202 | Expired |
| US10806506B2 | Vessel sealing algorithm and modes | Human Necessities | 184 | Active |
| US6929642B2 | RF device for treating the uterus | Human Necessities | 181 | Expired |
| US6827716B2 | Method of identifying and treating a pathologic region of an intervertebral disc | Human Necessities | 147 | Expired |
| US6907884B2 | Method of straddling an intraosseous nerve | Human Necessities | 138 | Expired |
| US7258690B2 | Windowed thermal ablation probe | Human Necessities | 96 | Expired |
| US8361067B2 | Methods of therapeutically heating a vertebral body to treat back pain | Human Necessities | 84 | Active |
| US7288075B2 | Methods and devices utilizing rheological materials | Electricity | 83 | Expired |
| US7749218B2 | Method of straddling an intraosseous nerve | Human Necessities | 76 | Active |
| US6953469B2 | Device and method for treating intraluminal tissue | Human Necessities | 76 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.