Inventor · Shorewood, MN, US

Timothy R. Ryan

88Patents
36h-index
61Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 16, 2001 → Dec 8, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7972378B2 Stents for prosthetic heart valves Human Necessities 410 Active
US8157852B2 Delivery systems and methods of implantation for prosthetic heart valves Human Necessities 322 Active
US6719786B2 Flexible annuloplasty prosthesis and holder Human Necessities 284 Expired
US6786924B2 Annuloplasty band and method Human Necessities 282 Expired
US8157853B2 Delivery systems and methods of implantation for prosthetic heart valves Human Necessities 248 Active
US8591570B2 Prosthetic heart valve for replacing previously implanted heart valve Human Necessities 236 Active
US8623074B2 Delivery systems and methods of implantation for replacement prosthetic heart valves Human Necessities 233 Active
US7118595B2 Flexible annuloplasty prosthesis and holder Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 228 Expired
US7189258B2 Heart valve system Human Necessities 216 Expired
US8673000B2 Stents for prosthetic heart valves Human Necessities 214 Active
US6955689B2 Annuloplasty band and method Human Necessities 209 Expired
US8628566B2 Stents for prosthetic heart valves Human Necessities 193 Active
US8241274B2 Method for guiding a medical device Human Necessities 183 Active
US9339382B2 Stents for prosthetic heart valves Human Necessities 155 Active
US8246677B2 Delivery systems and methods of implantation for replacement prosthetic heart valves Human Necessities 149 Active
US7871436B2 Replacement prosthetic heart valves and methods of implantation Human Necessities 142 Active
US9078781B2 Sterile cover for compressible stents used in percutaneous device delivery systems Human Necessities 136 Active
US8029564B2 Prosthetic heart valve system Human Necessities 135 Active
US8961593B2 Prosthetic heart valve systems Human Necessities 133 Active
US9173737B2 Stented heart valve devices Human Necessities 114 Active
US7033390B2 Prosthetic heart valve system Human Necessities 113 Expired
US8613765B2 Prosthetic heart valve systems Human Necessities 101 Active
US7066954B2 Annuloplasty system Human Necessities 96 Expired
US7993395B2 Set of annuloplasty devices with varying anterior-posterior ratios and related methods Human Necessities 79 Active
US7503929B2 Prosthetic heart valve system Human Necessities 78 Active

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