William A. Olson
31Patents
16h-index
112Co-inventors
84Inventor score
Filing activity: Apr 30, 1993 → May 5, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US9095367B2 | Flexible harmonic waveguides/blades for surgical instruments | Human Necessities | 1,614 | Active |
| US9393037B2 | Surgical instruments with articulating shafts | Human Necessities | 625 | Active |
| US10258363B2 | Method of operating an articulating ultrasonic surgical instrument | Human Necessities | 624 | Active |
| US8882792B2 | Ultrasonic surgical apparatus with silicon waveguide | Human Necessities | 568 | Active |
| US10004527B2 | Ultrasonic surgical instrument with staged clamping | Human Necessities | 325 | Active |
| US10154852B2 | Ultrasonic surgical blade with improved cutting and coagulation features | Human Necessities | 178 | Active |
| US10441310B2 | Surgical instruments with curved section | Human Necessities | 146 | Active |
| US6296606A | Patient thermal support device | Physics | 126 | Expired |
| US5759149A | Patient thermal support device | Physics | 101 | Expired |
| US9737735B2 | Ultrasonic surgical apparatus with silicon waveguide | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 70 | Active |
| US9114245B2 | Ultrasonic surgical apparatus and methods for use thereof | Human Necessities | 64 | Active |
| US11350959B2 | Ultrasonic transducer techniques for ultrasonic surgical instrument | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 49 | Active |
| US10420580B2 | Ultrasonic transducer for surgical instrument | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 44 | Active |
| US10779847B2 | Ultrasonic transducer to waveguide joining | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 30 | Active |
| US6036634A | Patient thermal support device | Physics | 27 | Expired |
| US10828056B2 | Ultrasonic transducer to waveguide acoustic coupling, connections, and configurations | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 27 | Active |
| US11583306B2 | Surgical instruments with articulating shafts | Human Necessities | 7 | Active |
| US5409382A | Mechanical simulator for modeling thermal properties of a premature infant | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US6761682B2 | Patient thermal support device | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US11786291B2 | Deflectable support of RF energy electrode with respect to opposing ultrasonic blade | Human Necessities | 5 | Active |
| US7008371B2 | Patient thermal support device | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US10238416B2 | Ultrasonic device for cutting and coagulating | Human Necessities | 4 | Active |
| US11484333B2 | Method of operating an articulating ultrasonic surgical instrument | Human Necessities | 3 | Active |
| US11602364B2 | Surgical instrument with removable end effector components | Human Necessities | 1 | Active |
| US11678903B2 | Ultrasonic surgical instrument with articulating end effector having a curved blade | Human Necessities | 1 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.