William Powers
16Patents
8h-index
13Co-inventors
69Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 5, 1993 → Feb 11, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US8899462B2 | Apparatus for endoscopic procedures | Human Necessities | 1,622 | Active |
| US9016539B2 | Multi-use loading unit | Human Necessities | 1,501 | Active |
| US9526499B2 | Multi-use loading unit | Human Necessities | 1,234 | Active |
| US9675351B2 | Buttress release from surgical stapler by knife pushing | Human Necessities | 1,206 | Active |
| US10463367B2 | Multi-use loading unit | Human Necessities | 963 | Active |
| US10293553B2 | Buttress brachytherapy and integrated staple line markers for margin identification | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 802 | Active |
| US5533982A | Heat treated stainless steel needles | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 85 | Expired |
| US5411613A | Method of making heat treated stainless steel needles | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 29 | Expired |
| US7655024B2 | Surgical suture needle | Human Necessities | 3 | Expired |
| US7981138B2 | Surgical suture needle | Human Necessities | 2 | Active |
| US8968927B2 | Degradable implantable battery | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 2 | Active |
| US11246591B2 | Multi-use loading unit | Human Necessities | 1 | Active |
| US8968926B2 | Degradable implantable galvanic power source | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Active |
| US9362571B2 | Degradable implantable battery | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Active |
| US11957341B2 | Multi-use loading unit | Human Necessities | 0 | Active |
| US10667814B2 | Buttress release from surgical stapler by knife pushing | Human Necessities | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.