William M. Hartigan
43Patents
37h-index
13Co-inventors
78Inventor score
Filing activity: Jul 24, 1991 → Apr 22, 2005
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5514154A | Expandable stents | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 935 | Expired |
| US5421955A | Expandable stents and method for making same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 900 | Expired |
| US5158548A | Method and system for stent delivery | Human Necessities | 718 | Expired |
| US5458615A | Stent delivery system | Human Necessities | 672 | Expired |
| US5344426A | Method and system for stent delivery | Human Necessities | 601 | Expired |
| US5507768A | Stent delivery system | Human Necessities | 508 | Expired |
| US6165210A | Self-expandable helical intravascular stent and stent-graft | Human Necessities | 499 | Expired |
| US5242399A | Method and system for stent delivery | Human Necessities | 432 | Expired |
| US5873906A | Procedures for introducing stents and stent-grafts | Human Necessities | 421 | Expired |
| US5603721A | Expandable stents and method for making same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 403 | Expired |
| US5876432A | Self-expandable helical intravascular stent and stent-graft | Human Necessities | 358 | Expired |
| US5735893A | Expandable stents and method for making same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 310 | Expired |
| US5728158A | Expandable stents | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 280 | Expired |
| US5919225A | Procedures for introducing stents and stent-grafts | Human Necessities | 272 | Expired |
| US6613072B2 | Procedures for introducing stents and stent-grafts | Human Necessities | 240 | Expired |
| US6066168A | Expandable stents and method for making same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 233 | Expired |
| US6066167A | Expandable stents | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 209 | Expired |
| US6488694B1 | Stent delivery system | Human Necessities | 204 | Expired |
| US5782855A | Stent delivery system | Human Necessities | 191 | Expired |
| US6056776A | Expandable stents and method for making same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 174 | Expired |
| US5766238A | Expandable stents and method for making same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 172 | Expired |
| US6527789B1 | Stent delivery system | Human Necessities | 154 | Expired |
| US6015429A | Procedures for introducing stents and stent-grafts | Human Necessities | 145 | Expired |
| US6582459B1 | Stent delivery system | Human Necessities | 130 | Expired |
| US6432133B1 | Expandable stents and method for making same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 119 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.