Todd Smith
25Patents
22h-index
14Co-inventors
82Inventor score
Filing activity: Feb 2, 1988 → Mar 18, 2008
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5080685A | Modular hip prosthesis | Human Necessities | 255 | Expired |
| US5181928A | Modular hip prosthesis | Human Necessities | 214 | Expired |
| US7896921B2 | Orthopaedic bearing and method for making the same | Performing Operations; Transporting | 167 | Active |
| US7819925B2 | Composite prosthetic bearing having a crosslinked articulating surface and method for making the same | Performing Operations; Transporting | 160 | Expired |
| US7501073B2 | Methods for producing metallic implants having roughened surfaces | Performing Operations; Transporting | 149 | Expired |
| US5370706A | Modular hip prosthesis | Human Necessities | 146 | Expired |
| US5024670A | Polymeric bearing component | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 142 | Expired |
| US5108442A | Prosthetic implant locking assembly | Human Necessities | 140 | Expired |
| US7368065B2 | Implants with textured surface and methods for producing the same | Human Necessities | 129 | Expired |
| US6245276A | Method for molding a cross-linked preform | Performing Operations; Transporting | 115 | Expired |
| US5286260A | Modular hip prosthesis | Human Necessities | 95 | Expired |
| US4808186A | Controlled stiffness femoral hip implant | Human Necessities | 85 | Expired |
| US5368881A | Prosthesis with highly convoluted surface | Human Necessities | 85 | Expired |
| US6818172B2 | Oriented, cross-linked UHMWPE molding for orthopaedic applications | Performing Operations; Transporting | 83 | Expired |
| US6692679B1 | Cross-linked molded plastic bearings | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 73 | Expired |
| US6736849B2 | Surface-mineralized spinal implants | Human Necessities | 72 | Expired |
| US7901462B2 | Implants with textured surface and methods for producing the same | Human Necessities | 65 | Expired |
| US5658333A | Prosthesis with highly convoluted surface | Human Necessities | 61 | Expired |
| US4986834A | Load sharing femoral hip implant | Human Necessities | 45 | Expired |
| US5007931A | Porous coated prosthesis | Human Necessities | 43 | Expired |
| US6627141B2 | Method for molding a cross-linked preform | Performing Operations; Transporting | 35 | Expired |
| US7879275B2 | Orthopaedic bearing and method for making the same | Human Necessities | 26 | Active |
| US7883653B2 | Method of making an implantable orthopaedic bearing | Performing Operations; Transporting | 19 | Active |
| US7186364B2 | Composite prosthetic bearing constructed of polyethylene and an ethylene-acrylate copolymer and method for making the same | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 11 | Expired |
| US8083802B2 | Prosthetic bearing with encapsulated reinforcement | Performing Operations; Transporting | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.