Valerio Valentini
23Patents
11h-index
11Co-inventors
72Inventor score
Filing activity: Mar 27, 1998 → Aug 2, 2017
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6547725B1 | Surgical suture and associated anchoring mechanism for tissue retraction | Human Necessities | 168 | Expired |
| US6478028B1 | Surgical apparatus and method for performing transabdominal cardiac surgery | Human Necessities | 157 | Expired |
| US6254532A | Surgical apparatus and method | Human Necessities | 114 | Expired |
| US6077035A | Deflector for controlling entry of cooling air leakage into the gaspath of a gas turbine engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 76 | Expired |
| US6517563B1 | Pericardium retraction device for positioning a beating heart | Human Necessities | 59 | Expired |
| US8454635B2 | Surgical suturing clamp | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 59 | Expired |
| US6837851B1 | Adjustable surgical retractor | Human Necessities | 39 | Expired |
| US6488618B1 | Coronary stabilizer for performing beating heart surgery | Human Necessities | 37 | Expired |
| US6896654B2 | Surgical retractor having low-friction actuating means and contoured blade arms | Human Necessities | 16 | Expired |
| US6416470B2 | Surgical retractor having low-friction actuating means and contoured blade arms | Human Necessities | 13 | Expired |
| US5984639A | Blade retention apparatus for gas turbine rotor | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 11 | Expired |
| US6875171B2 | Tissue grasping device | Human Necessities | 10 | Expired |
| US8034102B2 | Aortic annuloplasty ring | Human Necessities | 10 | Expired |
| US8267993B2 | Expandable annuloplasty ring and associated ring holder | Human Necessities | 5 | Active |
| US8377096B2 | Suture retention device | Human Necessities | 4 | Active |
| US8317696B2 | Surgical tool for measurement of valve annulus and cusp geometry | Human Necessities | 4 | Active |
| US8007515B2 | Suture retention device | Human Necessities | 3 | Active |
| US7264000B2 | Surgical apparatus and method for performing transabdominal cardiac surgery | Human Necessities | 3 | Expired |
| US8734506B2 | Aortic annuloplasty ring | Human Necessities | 2 | Active |
| US9757231B2 | Expandable annuloplasty ring and associated ring holder | Human Necessities | 1 | Active |
| US7001332B1 | Surgical deflector tool | Human Necessities | 1 | Expired |
| US9089424B2 | Aortic annuloplasty ring | Human Necessities | 1 | Active |
| US10123872B2 | Expandable annuloplasty ring and associated ring holder | Human Necessities | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.