Inventor · Houston, TX, US

William E. Cohn

130Patents
34h-index
103Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 15, 1980 → Jun 15, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7892245B2 Apparatus and method for manipulating tissue Human Necessities 1,274 Active
US6769434B2 Method and apparatus for performing a procedure on a cardiac valve Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 578 Expired
US6099542A Catheter apparatus and methodology for generating a fistula on-demand between closely associated blood vessels at a prechosen anatomic site in-vivo Human Necessities 528 Expired
US6790231B2 Apparatus and method for reducing mitral regurgitation Human Necessities 463 Expired
US5830224A Catheter apparatus and methodology for generating a fistula on-demand between closely associated blood vessels at a pre-chosen anatomic site in-vivo Human Necessities 445 Expired
US6890353B2 Method and apparatus for reducing mitral regurgitation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 402 Expired
US7186264B2 Method and apparatus for improving mitral valve function Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 359 Expired
US7544206B2 Method and apparatus for resecting and replacing an aortic valve Human Necessities 322 Expired
US6669709B1 Catheter apparatus and methodology for generating a fistula on-demand between closely associated blood vessels at a pre-chosen anatomic site in-vivo Human Necessities 306 Expired
US6656221B2 Method and apparatus for improving mitral valve function Human Necessities 294 Expired
US7052487B2 Method and apparatus for reducing mitral regurgitation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 264 Expired
US7201761B2 Method and apparatus for resecting and replacing an aortic valve Human Necessities 262 Expired
US7387636B2 Catheter apparatus and methodology for generating a fistula on-demand between closely associated blood vessels at a pre-chosen anatomic site in-vivo Human Necessities 201 Expired
US6033362A Surgical retractor and method of use Human Necessities 118 Expired
US7125420B2 Method and apparatus for improving mitral valve function Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 93 Expired
US8623077B2 Apparatus for replacing a cardiac valve Human Necessities 80 Active
US7341558B2 Pericardial retractor Human Necessities 69 Expired
US6458079B1 Surgical retractor and method of use Human Necessities 68 Expired
US7241310B2 Method and apparatus for reducing mitral regurgitation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 68 Expired
US7846168B2 Apparatus and method for the ligation of tissue Human Necessities 63 Active
US7918865B2 Apparatus and method for the ligation of tissue Human Necessities 60 Active
US7828810B2 Apparatus and method for the ligation of tissue Human Necessities 56 Active
US6610071B1 Suture system Human Necessities 55 Expired
US9017323B2 Devices and methods for forming a fistula Human Necessities 55 Active
US9039702B2 Devices and methods for forming a fistula Human Necessities 53 Active

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