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Robert C. Glines
Also filed as: GLINES ROBERT C
18 granted patents·4 pending applications·4,399 citations·filing 1996–2007
97Inventor score
Files withCARDIOTHORACIC SYS INC12BOSTON SCIENT SCIMED INC2MICROHEART INC2SCIMED LIFE SYSTEMS INC2CARDIOTHORATIC SYSTEMS INC1
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22 records- 0198US6346077B1Surgical instrument for stabilizing the beating heart during coronary artery bypass graft surgeryCARDIOTHORACIC SYS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 12, 2002·1.7k cites·7 claims
- 0296US6716190B1Device and methods for the delivery and injection of therapeutic and diagnostic agents to a target site within a bodySCIMED LIFE SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 6, 2004·293 cites·9 claims
- 0394US5894843ASurgical method for stabilizing the beating heart during coronary artery bypass graft surgeryCARDIOTHORACIC SYS INC·Filed 1996·Granted Apr 20, 1999·567 cites·13 claims
- 0490US6190357B1Expandable cannula for performing cardiopulmonary bypass and method for using sameCARDIOTHORACIC SYS INC·Filed 1998·Granted Feb 20, 2001·498 cites·6 claims
- 0587US6183444B1Drug delivery moduleMICROHEART INC·Filed 1998·Granted Feb 6, 2001·281 cites·9 claims
- 0685US6309375B1Drug delivery moduleMICROHEART INC·Filed 1999·Granted Oct 30, 2001·246 cites·12 claims
- 0782US6315717B1Surgical instruments for stabilizing the beating heart during coronary artery bypass graft surgeryCARDIOTHORACIC SYS INC·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 13, 2001·76 cites·24 claims
- 0880US6743169B1Surgical instruments and procedures for stabilizing the beating heart during coronary artery bypass graft surgeryCARDIOTHORACIC SYS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 1, 2004·68 cites·39 claims
- 0973US6701930B2Surgical instruments and procedures for stabilizing the beating heart during coronary artery bypass graft surgeryCARDIOTHORACIC SYS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 9, 2004·37 cites·25 claims
- 1070US5891159AAutomatic purse string suture deviceCARDIOTHORATIC SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Apr 6, 1999·177 cites·47 claims
- 1168US8277476B2Surgical instruments and procedures for stabilizing the beating heart during coronary artery bypass graftTAYLOR CHARLES S·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 2, 2012·29 cites·21 claims
- 1265US6673013B2Surgical instruments and procedures for stabilizing the beating heart during coronary artery bypass graft surgeryCARDIOTHORACIC SYS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jan 6, 2004·18 cites·38 claims
- 1360US6190311B1Retractor and instrument platform for a less invasive cardiovascular surgical procedureCARDIOTHORACIC SYS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 20, 2001·91 cites·33 claims
- 1458US6036706AVascular clamp and method for using the sameCARDIOTHORACIC SYS INC·Filed 1998·Granted Mar 14, 2000·80 cites·25 claims
- 1558US6001111ALow profile vessel occluder with and without detachable applicatorCARDIOTHORACIC SYS INC·Filed 1998·Granted Dec 14, 1999·80 cites·26 claims
- 1654US6146394AVascular clamp and method for using the sameCARDIOTHORACIC SYS INC·Filed 1999·Granted Nov 14, 2000·64 cites·14 claims
- 1752US5911728ACannula purse string suture clamping deviceCARDIOTHORACIC SYS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Jun 15, 1999·63 cites·23 claims
- 1849US7937133B2Method for determining size, pathology, and volume of embolic materialBOSTON SCIENT SCIMED INC·Filed 2007·Granted May 3, 2011·0 cites·30 claims
- 1946US2004210188A1Devices and methods for the delivery and injection of therapeutic and diagnostic agents to a target site within a bodySCIMED LIFE SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2003·Application pending·0 cites
- 2045US2004087834A1Surgical instruments and procedures for stabilizing the beating heart during coronary artery bypass graft surgeryFiled 2003·Application pending·0 cites
- 2142US2002099270A1Device for sealing a vessel during coronary artery bypass surgeryFiled 2002·Application pending·0 cites
- 2237US2007239182A1Thrombus removal deviceBOSTON SCIENT SCIMED INC·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
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