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CARDIOTHORACIC SYS INC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    143
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CARDIOTHORACIC SYS INC has a total of 143 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1995. It filed its patents most often in United States, Australia and Germany. Its main competitors in its focus markets medical technology, machines and textiles and paper are INTERVENE INC, ANCHOR ORTHOPEDICS XT INC and ENDIUS INC.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing CARDIOTHORACIC SYS INCs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Focus industries

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Taylor Charles S 76
#2 Sepetka Ivan 46
#3 Morejohn Dwight P 34
#4 Benetti Federico J 33
#5 Matheny Robert G 32
#6 Ginn Richard S 26
#7 Aldrich William N 23
#8 Salahieh Amr 23
#9 Regan Brent 20
#10 Glines Robert C 17

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
WO2008021111A2 Surgical assemblies and methods for visualizing and performing surgical procedures in reduced-access surgical sites
US7033383B1 Endoscopic bypass grafting method utilizing an inguinal approach
US7179224B2 Organ manipulator and positioner and methods of using the same
US7326177B2 Tissue stabilizer having an articulating lift element
AU3876201A Surgical instruments and procedures for stabilising the beating heart during coronary artery bypass graft surgery
US6776783B1 Surgical clips and apparatus and method for clip placement
WO0071033A1 Refractor apparatus for use in harvesting mammary arteries during heart by-pass surgery
US6685632B1 Surgical instruments for accessing and stabilizing a localized portion of a beating heart
US6648898B1 Clip applying apparatuses and methods for vascular ligation
DE19961757A1 Blood flow aid for vessels comprizes expanding part from first to second diameter to stabilize vessel via insertion instrument and catheter on guide wire.
US6626830B1 Methods and devices for improved tissue stabilization
US6852075B1 Surgical devices for imposing a negative pressure to stabilize cardiac tissue during surgery
US6401721B1 Endoscopic bypass grafting method utilizing an inguinal approach
DE19949590A1 Cannula comprising flexible and inflexible tube sections with joints, use in various surgical procedures, e.g. Cardiopulmonary Bypass (CPB)
DE19947885A1 Device for positioning the heart during cardiac surgery while maintaining cardiac output
US6511416B1 Tissue stabilizer and methods of use
DE19933562A1 Stabilizer for heart comprises pulse apparatus and at least one contact member attached to blood pump, leaves sections of the heart to rest
US6290644B1 Surgical instruments and procedures for stabilizing a localized portion of a beating heart
US6283912B1 Surgical retractor platform blade apparatus
US6331158B1 Surgical retractor apparatus for operating on the heart through an incision