Timothy J. Ley
28Patents
16h-index
26Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Aug 1, 1991 → Jan 28, 2020
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5242448A | Bone probe | Human Necessities | 279 | Expired |
| US6776793B2 | Longitudinally flexible expandable stent | Human Necessities | 158 | Expired |
| US6013091A | Stent configurations | Human Necessities | 119 | Expired |
| US5514076A | Surgical retractor | Human Necessities | 119 | Expired |
| US6409753B1 | Flexible stent | Human Necessities | 93 | Expired |
| US5449363A | Endoscopic lithotripsy system | Human Necessities | 75 | Expired |
| US6395020B1 | Stent cell configurations | Human Necessities | 73 | Expired |
| US6416538B1 | Stent configurations | Human Necessities | 58 | Expired |
| US6896696B2 | Flexible and expandable stent | Human Necessities | 58 | Expired |
| US6231599A | Stent cell configurations | Human Necessities | 52 | Expired |
| US7204848B1 | Longitudinally flexible expandable stent | Human Necessities | 46 | Expired |
| US6997946B2 | Expandable stents | Human Necessities | 40 | Expired |
| US7060089B2 | Multi-layer stent | Human Necessities | 33 | Expired |
| US9861370B2 | Occlusion device | Human Necessities | 19 | Active |
| US6602283B2 | Stent design | Human Necessities | 17 | Expired |
| US8142489B2 | Flexible and expandable stent | Human Necessities | 16 | Active |
| US7491228B2 | Flexible and expandable stent | Human Necessities | 13 | Active |
| US7229470B2 | Flexible stent | Human Necessities | 10 | Expired |
| US7637936B2 | Stent design | Human Necessities | 7 | Expired |
| USRE37024E | Endoscopic lithotripsy system | General | 5 | Expired |
| US9320525B2 | Occlusion stent | Human Necessities | 5 | Active |
| US7637938B2 | Flexible stent | Human Necessities | 4 | Active |
| US7988717B2 | Longitudinally flexible expandable stent | Human Necessities | 4 | Active |
| US7951187B2 | Stent configurations | Human Necessities | 3 | Active |
| US8114146B2 | Longitudinally flexible expandable stent | Human Necessities | 2 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.