Top Inventors for class "Surgery" |
Rank | Inventor's name | Country | City/State | Last publication | # of patent apps in this class |
1 | Lutz Biedermann | DE | Vs-Villingen | Jun 30, 2022 / 20220202452 - COUPLING DEVICE FOR COUPLING A ROD TO A BONE ANCHOR | 170 |
2 | Roger P. Jackson | US | Prairie Village, KS | Aug 18, 2022 / 20220257290 - PIVOTAL BONE ANCHOR ASSEMBLY WITH FAVORED-ANGLE RECEIVER HAVING UPPER TOOL ENGAGEMENT GROOVES AND BREAK-OFF EXTENSIONS | 156 |
3 | Wilfried Matthis | DE | Weisweil | Mar 31, 2022 / 20220096138 - BONE ANCHOR | 134 |
4 | Frederick E. Shelton, Iv | US | Hillsboro, OH | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220296243 - STAPLE CARTRIDGE ASSEMBLY COMPRISING VARIOUS TISSUE COMPRESSION GAPS AND STAPLE FORMING GAPS | 130 |
5 | Joseph D. Brannan | US | Erie, CO | Jan 03, 2019 / 20190000548 - CHOKED DIELECTRIC LOADED TIP DIPOLE MICROWAVE ANTENNA | 123 |
6 | Kevin T. Stone | US | Winona Lake, IN | Aug 25, 2022 / 20220265263 - EXPANDING SUTURE ANCHOR HAVING AN ACTUATOR PIN | 106 |
7 | Duane E. Kerr | US | Loveland, CO | Aug 18, 2022 / 20220257311 - SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH RESILIENT DRIVING MEMBER AND RELATED METHODS OF USE | 94 |
8 | James F. Zucherman | US | San Francisco, CA | Sep 26, 2013 / 20130253595 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURING AN IMPLANT TO A BONE CONTAINING BONE CEMENT | 87 |
9 | Ken Y. Hsu | US | San Francisco, CA | Sep 26, 2013 / 20130253595 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURING AN IMPLANT TO A BONE CONTAINING BONE CEMENT | 87 |
10 | Csaba Truckai | US | Saratoga, CA | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220280025 - ENDOSCOPE AND METHOD OF USE | 82 |
11 | Foster B. Stulen | US | Mason, OH | Jan 14, 2021 / 20210007770 - ULTRASONIC SURGICAL SHEARS WITH CLAMPING FEATURE | 81 |
12 | Charles J. Winslow | US | Walnut Creek, CA | Jun 07, 2012 / 20120143258 - LOW PROFILE SPINAL PROSTHESIS INCORPORATING A CANNULATED BONE ANCHOR HAVING A DEFLECTABLE POST AND A COMPOUND SPINAL ROD | 77 |
13 | Michael J. Stokes | US | Cincinnati, OH | Aug 20, 2020 / 20200261087 - SURGICAL STAPLE CARTRIDGES WITH MOVABLE AUTHENTICATION KEY ARRANGEMENTS | 67 |
14 | T. Wade Fallin | US | Hyde Park, UT | Aug 18, 2022 / 20220257262 - FREEFORM TRI-PLANAR OSTEOTOMY GUIDE AND METHOD | 65 |
15 | Kevin L. Houser | US | Springboro, OH | Jul 14, 2022 / 20220218382 - FEEDBACK ALGORITHMS FOR MANUAL BAILOUT SYSTEMS FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS | 65 |
16 | Henry A. Klyce | US | Piedmont, CA | Jun 07, 2012 / 20120143257 - LOW PROFILE SPINAL PROSTHESIS INCORPORATING A CANNULATED BONE ANCHOR HAVING A DEFLECTABLE POST AND A COMPOUND SPINAL ROD | 65 |
17 | Covidien Lp | US | Mansfield, MA | Aug 08, 2013 / 20130204286 - LAPAROSCOPIC INSTRUMENT AND TROCAR SYSTEMS AND RELATED SURGICAL METHOD | 63 |
18 | Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | US | Maple Grove, MN | Aug 08, 2013 / 20130204352 - LONGITUDINALLY FLEXIBLE EXPANDABLE STENT | 63 |
19 | Philipp Lang | US | Lexington, MA | Sep 01, 2022 / 20220273450 - Patient-Adapted and Improved Orthopedic Implants, Designs and Related Guide Tools | 61 |
20 | Gregg D. Scheller | US | Wildwood, MO | Dec 27, 2018 / 20180369019 - STEERABLE LASER PROBE | 59 |
21 | Wolfgang Fitz | US | Sherborn, MA | Jun 15, 2017 / 20170164957 - Patient Selectable Joint Arthroplasty Devices and Surgical Tools | 58 |
22 | John J. Flynn | US | Walnut Creek, CA | Jun 19, 2014 / 20140172106 - INTERVERTEBRAL SCAFFOLDING SYSTEM | 58 |
23 | Thomas G. Cooper | US | Menlo Park, CA | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220296322 - SURGICAL SYSTEM INSTRUMENT MOUNTING | 57 |
24 | David M. Garrison | US | Longmont, CO | Aug 18, 2022 / 20220257311 - SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH RESILIENT DRIVING MEMBER AND RELATED METHODS OF USE | 57 |
25 | Jason L. Harris | US | Mason, OH | Apr 28, 2016 / 20160113971 - Compositions of Microbiota and Methods Related Thereto | 56 |
26 | Mark S. Zeiner | US | Mason, OH | Aug 11, 2022 / 20220249097 - METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE CONTROL SCHEMES FOR SURGICAL NETWORK CONTROL AND INTERACTION | 55 |
27 | Michael P. Wallace | US | Pleasanton, CA | Aug 18, 2022 / 20220257279 - THROMBECTOMY APPARATUSES | 54 |
28 | Mark S. Ortiz | US | Milford, OH | Dec 30, 2021 / 20210401462 - SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING OR REDUCING LOSS OF INSUFFLATION DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE | 52 |
29 | William H. Nau, Jr. | US | Longmont, CO | Jan 13, 2022 / 20220008121 - CUTTING MECHANISMS FOR SURGICAL END EFFECTOR ASSEMBLIES, INSTRUMENTS, AND SYSTEMS | 52 |
30 | Gregory J. Denham | US | Warsaw, IN | Aug 25, 2022 / 20220265263 - EXPANDING SUTURE ANCHOR HAVING AN ACTUATOR PIN | 51 |
31 | Daniel W. Price | US | Loveland, OH | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220288306 - APPARATUS FOR SUBRETINAL ADMINISTRATION OF THERAPEUTIC AGENT VIA A CURVED NEEDLE | 50 |
32 | Mani N. Prakash | US | Boulder, CO | May 18, 2017 / 20170135762 - TISSUE ABLATION SYSTEM WITH ENERGY DISTRIBUTION | 50 |
33 | Paul Smith | US | Smithfield, RI | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220280178 - TISSUE RETRACTION DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS OF USE | 50 |
34 | Mark L. Jenson | US | Greenfield, MN | Sep 12, 2019 / 20190274704 - THROMBECTOMY APPARATUS AND METHOD | 50 |
35 | Robert Metzger | US | Wakarusa, IN | Jun 30, 2022 / 20220202582 - ANTERIOR LOCKING CLIP | 49 |
36 | James F. Mcguckin, Jr. | US | Radnor, PA | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220280320 - DUODENUM SLEEVE FOR TREATING OBESITY | 49 |
37 | Joshua Makower | US | Los Altos, CA | Oct 14, 2021 / 20210315448 - METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING DISORDERS OF THE EAR NOSE AND THROAT | 49 |
38 | Glenn A. Horner | US | Boulder, CO | Jun 17, 2021 / 20210177499 - APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING AN ELECTROSURGICAL PROCEDURE | 49 |
39 | Chad P. Boudreaux | US | Cincinnati, OH | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220280146 - METHODS AND DEVICES FOR AUTO RETURN OF ARTICULATED END EFFECTORS | 48 |
40 | James D. Allen, Iv | US | Broomfield, CO | Aug 18, 2022 / 20220257311 - SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH RESILIENT DRIVING MEMBER AND RELATED METHODS OF USE | 48 |
41 | Matthew A. Palmer | US | Miami, FL | Jul 14, 2022 / 20220218366 - ASPIRATION THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR THROMBUS REMOVAL WITH ASPIRATION CATHETER | 48 |
42 | David S. Utley | US | Redwood City, CA | Jul 28, 2022 / 20220233075 - SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR QUANTIFICATION OF, AND PREDICTION OF SMOKING BEHAVIOR | 48 |
43 | Huisun Wang | US | Maple Grove, MN | Jan 06, 2022 / 20220000549 - IRRIGATED ABLATION ELECTRODE HAVING SMOOTH EDGES TO MINIMIZE TISSUE CHAR | 47 |
44 | Kevin W. Smith | US | Coral Gables, FL | Mar 10, 2022 / 20220071619 - MULTIPLE-FIRING SUTURE FIXATION DEVICE AND METHODS FOR USING AND MANUFACTURING SAME | 46 |
45 | James S. Cunningham | US | Boulder, CO | Aug 18, 2022 / 20220257311 - SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH RESILIENT DRIVING MEMBER AND RELATED METHODS OF USE | 46 |
46 | Matthew N. Zeid | US | Ballwin, MO | Dec 27, 2018 / 20180369019 - STEERABLE LASER PROBE | 45 |
47 | Vihar C. Surti | US | Winston-Salem, NC | Dec 09, 2021 / 20210379302 - MEDICAL SCOPES FOR DELIVERING THERAPEUTIC AGENTS | 45 |
48 | H. Adam R. Klyce | US | Berkeley, CA | Nov 01, 2012 / 20120277799 - LOW PROFILE SPINAL PROSTHESIS INCORPORATING A BONE ANCHOR HAVING A DEFLECTABLE POST AND A COMPOUND SPINAL ROD | 45 |
49 | Jeffrey D. Messerly | US | Cincinnati, OH | Aug 11, 2022 / 20220249097 - METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE CONTROL SCHEMES FOR SURGICAL NETWORK CONTROL AND INTERACTION | 44 |
50 | Francesca Rossetto | US | Longmont, CO | Jun 22, 2017 / 20170172657 - APPARATUS FOR TISSUE SEALING | 44 |
51 | Zachary J. Tegels | US | Minneapolis, MN | Feb 04, 2021 / 20210030537 - Tethering System For A Prosthetic Heart Valve | 44 |
52 | Joshua A. Butters | US | Chandler, AZ | Nov 25, 2021 / 20210361286 - SOFT TISSUE REPAIR DEVICE AND METHOD | 43 |
53 | Matthew C. Miller | US | Cincinnati, OH | Dec 23, 2021 / 20210393314 - SURGICAL GENERATOR FOR ULTRASONIC AND ELECTROSURGICAL DEVICES | 43 |
54 | Moti Altarac | US | Irvine, CA | Jul 28, 2022 / 20220233326 - Expandable interbody spacer | 43 |
55 | Peter J. Dreyfuss | US | Naples, FL | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220287704 - Surgical Constructs with Shuttling Loops and Methods of Tissue Fixation | 43 |
56 | Hai H. Trieu | US | Cordova, TN | Mar 19, 2020 / 20200085468 - Method of Securing Perianal Support Device | 42 |
57 | Richard W. Timm | US | Cincinnati, OH | Aug 18, 2022 / 20220257310 - MONOPOLAR AND BIPOLAR FUNCTIONALITY | 42 |
58 | Andrzej J. Chanduszko | US | Chandler, AZ | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220280244 - SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND CATHETERS FOR ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF A BLOOD VESSEL | 42 |
59 | John H. Shadduck | US | Menlo Park, CA | Sep 01, 2022 / 20220273358 - ELECTROSURGICAL DEVICES AND METHODS | 41 |
60 | Steven T. Mitchell | US | Pleasant Hill, CA | Sep 01, 2022 / 20220273200 - GUARD RINGS FOR ON-BODY ANALYTE SENSORS | 41 |
61 | David A. Witt | US | Maineville, OH | Aug 04, 2022 / 20220240971 - METHODS AND FEATURES FOR COUPLING ULTRASONIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT COMPONENTS TOGETHER | 40 |
62 | Assaf Govari | IL | Haifa | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220287764 - INITIATING IRE GENERATION WITH A RAMP | 39 |
63 | Daniel J. Triplett | US | Providence, UT | Sep 01, 2022 / 20220273321 - KNEE INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS | 39 |
64 | James R. Giordano | US | Milford, OH | Jan 06, 2022 / 20220000478 - POWERED SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH FIRING SYSTEM LOCKOUT ARRANGEMENTS | 39 |
65 | Ryan A. Kaiser | US | Leesburg, IN | Aug 25, 2022 / 20220265263 - EXPANDING SUTURE ANCHOR HAVING AN ACTUATOR PIN | 38 |
66 | Jeffrey S. Swayze | US | Hamilton, OH | Nov 18, 2021 / 20210353372 - Robotic Endocutter Drivetrain with Bailout and Manual Opening | 38 |
67 | Omar J. Vakharia | US | Cincinnati, OH | Jul 01, 2021 / 20210196411 - USER INPUT DEVICE FOR ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM | 38 |
68 | Ronald J. Podhajsky | US | Boulder, CO | Nov 12, 2015 / 20150320032 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFUSING BIOLOGICAL ORGANS | 38 |
69 | Jason Blain | US | Encinitas, CA | Sep 01, 2022 / 20220273458 - INTERBODY FUSION DEVICE | 38 |
70 | Robert A. Rabiner | US | Tiverton, RI | May 12, 2016 / 20160128836 - Systems and Methods for Joint Stabilization | 37 |
71 | Robert Frigg | CH | Bettlach | Dec 09, 2021 / 20210378723 - BONE PLATE SYSTEM COMPRISING A FASTENING ELEMENT HAVING A HARD SURFACE | 37 |
72 | David C. Yates | US | West Chester, OH | Jun 30, 2022 / 20220202487 - ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH SHAFT VOLTAGE MONITOR | 37 |
73 | Daniel Steines | US | Lexington, MA | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220287676 - AUGMENTED REALITY GUIDANCE FOR IMAGING SYSTEMS | 37 |
74 | Steven Kim | US | Los Altos, CA | Apr 16, 2020 / 20200113629 - REINFORCED HIGH STRENGTH MICROWAVE ANTENNA | 37 |
75 | David Q. Larkin | US | Menlo Park, CA | Aug 04, 2022 / 20220241034 - INDICATOR FOR TOOL STATE AND COMMUNICATION IN MULTI-ARM ROBOTIC TELESURGERY | 37 |
76 | Jeffrey L. Aldridge | US | Lebanon, OH | Dec 23, 2021 / 20210393314 - SURGICAL GENERATOR FOR ULTRASONIC AND ELECTROSURGICAL DEVICES | 36 |
77 | Jerome R. Morgan | US | Cincinnati, OH | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220296243 - STAPLE CARTRIDGE ASSEMBLY COMPRISING VARIOUS TISSUE COMPRESSION GAPS AND STAPLE FORMING GAPS | 36 |
78 | Peter M. Mueller | US | Frederick, CO | Aug 18, 2022 / 20220257311 - SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH RESILIENT DRIVING MEMBER AND RELATED METHODS OF USE | 36 |
79 | Michael D. Laufer | US | Menlo Park, CA | Dec 02, 2021 / 20210371896 - DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PREPARING A STANDARDIZED INOCULUM FOR ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING | 36 |
80 | Todd Alamin | US | Woodside, CA | Jan 14, 2021 / 20210007783 - METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INCREASING THE BENDING STIFFNESS OF A SPINAL SEGMENT WITH ELONGATION LIMIT | 35 |
81 | James L. Surber | US | Kansas City, KS | Aug 18, 2022 / 20220257290 - PIVOTAL BONE ANCHOR ASSEMBLY WITH FAVORED-ANGLE RECEIVER HAVING UPPER TOOL ENGAGEMENT GROOVES AND BREAK-OFF EXTENSIONS | 35 |
82 | Robert H. Wham | US | Boulder, CO | Dec 02, 2021 / 20210369324 - CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR ELECTROSURGICAL GENERATOR | 35 |
83 | Jaroslaw T. Malkowski | US | Trumbull, CT | Dec 09, 2021 / 20210378661 - ENDOSCOPIC STITCHING DEVICE | 35 |
84 | William Alan Rezach | US | Atoka, TN | Apr 28, 2016 / 20160113694 - SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD | 35 |
85 | Scott Pool | US | Laguna Hills, CA | Aug 11, 2022 / 20220249139 - SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ULTRASONIC DETECTION OF DEVICE DISTRACTION | 35 |
86 | Edward H. Cully | US | Flagstaff, AZ | Jul 21, 2022 / 20220226137 - ENDOPROSTHESIS DELIVERY SYSTEMS WITH DEPLOYMENT AIDS | 35 |
87 | David T. Martin | US | Milford, OH | Jan 03, 2019 / 20190000502 - TROCAR OBTURATOR WITH DETACHABLE ROTARY TISSUE FASTENER | 34 |
88 | Eitan T. Wiener | US | Cincinnati, OH | Dec 23, 2021 / 20210393314 - SURGICAL GENERATOR FOR ULTRASONIC AND ELECTROSURGICAL DEVICES | 34 |
89 | Hugh D. Hestad | US | Edina, MN | Mar 10, 2022 / 20220071541 - ELECTRODE CONNECTION AND METHOD THEREFOR | 34 |
90 | Andrew H. Cragg | US | Edina, MN | Oct 17, 2019 / 20190314034 - NEUROVASCULAR OCCLUSION DEVICE | 34 |
91 | David C. Paul | US | Phoenixville, PA | Dec 09, 2021 / 20210378752 - MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM FOR NAVIGATED SPINAL SURGERIES | 33 |
92 | Andrew Iott | US | Villanova, PA | Dec 29, 2016 / 20160374726 - Distraction Screw | 33 |
93 | Edward M. Chojin | US | Boulder, CO | Oct 17, 2019 / 20190314078 - ELECTROSURGICAL FORCEPS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | 33 |
94 | Louis Fielding | US | San Carlos, CA | Jan 14, 2021 / 20210007783 - METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INCREASING THE BENDING STIFFNESS OF A SPINAL SEGMENT WITH ELONGATION LIMIT | 33 |
95 | Michael Barrus | US | Ashburn, VA | Jun 01, 2017 / 20170150977 - FIXATION IMPLANT AND METHOD OF INSERTION | 33 |
96 | Gary L. Long | US | Cincinnati, OH | Jan 06, 2022 / 20220000547 - METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-CATHETER TISSUE ABLATION | 33 |
97 | Scott Jones | US | Mcmurray, PA | May 05, 2016 / 20160120663 - LATERAL DISTRACTOR | 33 |
98 | Ronald J. Jabba | US | Redwood City, CA | May 18, 2017 / 20170135684 - CLOSURE DEVICE AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THEM | 33 |
99 | Jörg Mayer | CH | Niederlenz | Jul 28, 2022 / 20220234300 - SECURING A SECOND OBJECT TO A FIRST OBJECT | 33 |
100 | Gregory W. Johnson | US | Milford, OH | Oct 28, 2021 / 20210330340 - SURGICAL DEVICES WITH ARTICULATING END EFFECTORS AND METHODS OF USING SURGICAL DEVICES WITH ARTICULATING END EFFECTORS | 33 |