Inventor · San Francisco, CA, US

Victor C. Esch

46Patents
25h-index
58Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: May 12, 1994 → Jan 28, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7122053B2 Accommodating intraocular lens system and method Human Necessities 189 Expired
US7068439B2 Lens system and method for power adjustment Physics 160 Expired
US6836374B2 Lens system and methods for power adjustment Physics 140 Expired
US6547779B2 Flexible flow apparatus and method for the disruption of occlusions Human Necessities 130 Expired
US6210400A Flexible flow apparatus and method for the disruption of occlusions Human Necessities 120 Expired
US7637947B2 Accommodating intraocular lens system having spherical aberration compensation and method Human Necessities 119 Active
US7261737B2 Accommodating intraocular lens system and method Human Necessities 119 Expired
US7217288B2 Accommodating intraocular lens having peripherally actuated deflectable surface and method Human Necessities 116 Expired
US6139543A Flow apparatus for the disruption of occlusions Human Necessities 115 Expired
US7438723B2 Lens system and method for power adjustment using externally actuated micropumps Physics 114 Active
US6428531B1 Photoacoustic removal of occlusions from blood vessels Human Necessities 95 Expired
US7247168B2 Accommodating intraocular lens system and method Human Necessities 95 Expired
US7485144B2 Methods of adjusting the power of an intraocular lens Human Necessities 89 Active
US5754717A Light-diffusing device for an optical fiber, methods of producing and using same, and apparatus for diffusing light from an optical fiber Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 86 Expired
US8454688B2 Accommodating intraocular lens having peripherally actuated deflectable surface and method Human Necessities 74 Active
US6368318B1 Opto-acoustic recanilization delivery system Human Necessities 68 Expired
USD585997S1 Light-based dermal enhancing apparatus General 67 Expired
US6527763B2 Flow apparatus for the disruption of occlusions Human Necessities 57 Expired
US5469524A Fiberoptic delivery system and method of use Human Necessities 36 Expired
US6440124B1 Flexible flow apparatus and method for the disruption of occlusions Human Necessities 34 Expired
US6729336B2 In-stent restenosis detection device Human Necessities 31 Expired
US6339470B1 Apparatus and method for aligning an energy beam Physics 30 Expired
US8841104B2 Methods for isolating a target analyte from a heterogeneous sample Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Active
US7147606B1 Urinary diagnostic system having a retrievable sensing device Human Necessities 25 Expired
US5946441A Light-diffusing device for an optical fiber, methods of producing and using same, and apparatus for diffusing light from an optical fiber Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired

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