Inventor · Fallbrook, CA, US

Wayne E. Cornish

54Patents
27h-index
55Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 23, 1998 → Mar 13, 2014

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6673025B1 Polymer coated guidewire Human Necessities 252 Expired
US6494891B1 Ultrasonic angioplasty transmission member Human Necessities 241 Expired
US6390993B1 Guidewire having linear change in stiffness Human Necessities 239 Expired
US6450975B1 Ultrasonic transmission guide wire Human Necessities 205 Expired
US6589253B1 Ultrasonic angioplasty transmission wire Human Necessities 175 Expired
US6652472B2 Guidewire with smoothly tapered segment Human Necessities 136 Expired
US6464650B2 Guidewire with smoothly tapered segment Human Necessities 125 Expired
US6491648B1 Guidewire with tapered flexible core segment Human Necessities 115 Expired
US6142975A Guidewire having braided wire over drawn tube construction Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 106 Expired
US7331973B2 Guide wire with embolic filtering attachment Human Necessities 102 Expired
US6638266B2 Guidewire with an intermediate variable stiffness section Human Necessities 97 Expired
US6352515B1 NiTi alloyed guidewires Human Necessities 90 Expired
US6508781B1 Ultrasonic ablation catheter transmission wire connector assembly Human Necessities 76 Expired
US7494474B2 Polymer coated guidewire Human Necessities 76 Active
US6296620A Polymer blends for ultrasonic catheters Human Necessities 75 Expired
US6524301B1 Guidewire with an intermediate variable stiffness section Human Necessities 71 Expired
US7455646B2 Polymer coated guide wire Human Necessities 65 Active
US6132389A Proximally tapered guidewire tip coil Human Necessities 63 Expired
US6666829B2 Guidewire having linear change in stiffness Human Necessities 56 Expired
US6669652B2 Guidewire with tapered distal coil Human Necessities 54 Expired
US6402706B2 Guide wire with multiple polymer jackets over distal and intermediate core sections Human Necessities 48 Expired
US6461383B1 Ultrasonic catheter vascular stent system and method Human Necessities 39 Expired
US6605049B1 Marking system and method for medical devices Human Necessities 37 Expired
US8500658B2 Nickel-titanium core guide wire Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 34 Active
US6451026B1 Dock exchange system for composite guidewires Human Necessities 33 Expired

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