Inventor · Mountain View, CA, US

William M. Facteau

47Patents
26h-index
42Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 10, 2005 → Sep 22, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7410480B2 Devices and methods for delivering therapeutic substances for the treatment of sinusitis and other disorders Human Necessities 289 Expired
US7559925B2 Methods and devices for facilitating visualization in a surgical environment Physics 276 Active
US7419497B2 Methods for treating ethmoid disease Human Necessities 253 Active
US7803150B2 Devices, systems and methods useable for treating sinusitis Human Necessities 205 Active
US7771409B2 Devices, systems and methods useable for treating sinusitis Human Necessities 184 Active
US8114062B2 Devices and methods for delivering therapeutic substances for the treatment of sinusitis and other disorders Human Necessities 147 Active
US7785315B1 Methods for irrigation of ethmoid air cells and treatment of ethmoid disease Human Necessities 137 Active
US8249700B2 System and method for the simultaneous bilateral integrated tympanic drug delivery and guided treatment of target tissues within the ears Human Necessities 135 Active
US8388642B2 Implantable devices and methods for treating sinusitis and other disorders Human Necessities 126 Active
US8795713B2 Mucosal tissue dressing and method of use Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 69 Active
US8747389B2 Systems for treating disorders of the ear, nose and throat Human Necessities 68 Active
US8715169B2 Devices, systems and methods useable for treating sinusitis Human Necessities 66 Active
US8828041B2 Devices, systems and methods useable for treating sinusitis Human Necessities 57 Active
US8425488B2 System and method for the simultaneous bilateral treatment of target tissues within the ears using a guide block structure Human Necessities 54 Active
US9370649B2 Devices, systems and methods useable for treating sinusitis Human Necessities 52 Active
US8894614B2 Devices, systems and methods useable for treating frontal sinusitis Human Necessities 48 Active
US9101384B2 Devices, systems and methods for diagnosing and treating sinusitis and other disorders of the ears, Nose and/or throat Human Necessities 47 Active
US9055965B2 Devices, systems and methods useable for treating sinusitis Human Necessities 41 Active
US9216112B2 System and method for the simultaneous bilateral placement of pressure equalization tubes Human Necessities 40 Active
US8858586B2 Methods for enlarging ostia of paranasal sinuses Human Necessities 40 Active
US10292601B2 Wearable customized ear canal apparatus Electricity 34 Active
US9220879B2 Devices, systems and methods useable for treating sinusitis Human Necessities 34 Active
US8849394B2 System and method for the simultaneous bilateral integrated tympanic drug delivery and guided treatment of target tissues within the ears Human Necessities 32 Active
US8864787B2 Ethmoidotomy system and implantable spacer devices having therapeutic substance delivery capability for treatment of paranasal sinusitis Human Necessities 29 Active
US9399121B2 Systems and methods for transnasal dilation of passageways in the ear, nose or throat Human Necessities 28 Active

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