Inventor · Greenville, OH, US

William C. Brunnett

59Patents
15h-index
55Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 27, 1999 → Sep 14, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8172846B2 Method for performing high speed surgical procedures Human Necessities 345 Active
US8515520B2 Nerve electrode Human Necessities 241 Active
US9532870B2 Prosthetic valve for replacing a mitral valve Human Necessities 150 Active
US9622863B2 Aortic insufficiency repair device and method Human Necessities 128 Active
US7488322B2 High speed surgical cutting instrument Human Necessities 126 Expired
US10010414B2 Prosthetic valve for replacing a mitral valve Human Necessities 115 Active
US9084551B2 Method and system for monitoring a nerve Human Necessities 81 Active
US8641757B2 Systems for rapidly deploying surgical heart valves Human Necessities 60 Active
US7879037B2 High speed surgical cutting instrument Human Necessities 55 Active
US7717932B2 Instrument and system for surgical cutting and evoked potential monitoring Human Necessities 42 Active
US9037226B2 Endotracheal tube apparatus Human Necessities 33 Active
US7564940B2 Radiation mask for two dimensional CT detector Physics 28 Expired
US8273097B2 Powered surgical tissue cutting instrument having an irrigation system Human Necessities 26 Active
US6404845B1 Aerostatic rotor bearing Physics 25 Expired
US6276145A Aerostatic CT suspension Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 24 Expired
US10016276B2 Retaining mechanisms for prosthetic heart valves Human Necessities 15 Active
US6778637B2 Method and apparatus for alignment of anti-scatter grids for computed tomography detector arrays Human Necessities 14 Expired
US7023952B2 Mechanical damper for air pad instability Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 14 Expired
US9113945B2 Powered surgical tissue cutting instrument having an irrigation system Human Necessities 11 Active
US8241313B2 Instrument and system for surgical cutting and evoked potential monitoring Human Necessities 10 Active
US9918675B2 Endotracheal tube apparatus Human Necessities 9 Active
US8608766B2 Powered surgical tissue cutting instrument having an irrigation system Human Necessities 7 Active
US9504563B2 Rapidly deployable surgical heart valves Human Necessities 6 Active
US7010081B2 Tapered roller bearing Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 6 Expired
US9592087B2 Guard device for surgical cutting and evoked potential monitoring system Human Necessities 6 Active

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