William A. Smith
24Patents
18h-index
23Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Nov 25, 1974 → Dec 17, 2018
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5370509A | Sealless rotodynamic pump with fluid bearing | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 273 | Expired |
| US5049134A | Sealless heart pump | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 233 | Expired |
| US5626579A | Bone transport and lengthening system | Human Necessities | 224 | Expired |
| US5145333A | Fluid motor driven blood pump | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 220 | Expired |
| US4692809A | Integrated touch paint system for displays | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 203 | Expired |
| US8177703B2 | Blood pump | Human Necessities | 171 | Active |
| US4695827A | Electromagnetic energy interference seal for light beam touch panels | Electricity | 151 | Expired |
| US5098256A | Viscous seal blood pump | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 134 | Expired |
| US5118264A | Purge flow control in rotary blood pumps | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 120 | Expired |
| US5324177A | Sealless rotodynamic pump with radially offset rotor | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 114 | Expired |
| US5890883A | Rotodynamic pump with non-circular hydrodynamic bearing journal | Human Necessities | 92 | Expired |
| US5006104A | Heart pump having contractible guide mechanism for pusher plate | Human Necessities | 52 | Expired |
| US7435059B2 | Flow controlled blood pump system | Human Necessities | 43 | Expired |
| US7189260B2 | Ventricular assist system secondary impeller | Human Necessities | 39 | Expired |
| US8920517B2 | Modeling and desired control of an energy-storing prosthetic knee | Human Necessities | 35 | Active |
| US8992407B2 | Blood pump | Human Necessities | 31 | Active |
| US10369260B2 | Blood pump | Human Necessities | 31 | Active |
| US9950101B2 | Blood pump | Human Necessities | 30 | Active |
| US5697493A | Tactile feedback switch actuator | Electricity | 17 | Expired |
| US11185678B2 | Blood pump | Human Necessities | 15 | Active |
| US5309320A | Circuit card assembly conduction converter | Electricity | 14 | Expired |
| US3982152A | Cascade crossed field device | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US6010467A | Back trigger-point instrument | Human Necessities | 4 | Expired |
| US5161092A | Circuit card assembly conduction converter | Electricity | 4 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.