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Thomas Banks
Also filed as: BANKS THOMAS · BANKS THOMAS F
24 granted patents·4 pending applications·9,927 citations·filing 1988–2010
98Inventor score
Files withINTRINSIC THERAPEUTICS INC7MINNESOTA MINING & MFG4BOSTON SCIENT SCIMED INC2HOWMEDICA2INTRINSIC ORTHOPEDICS INC2
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28 records- 0199US6190353B1Methods and apparatus for bypassing arterial obstructions and/or performing other transvascular proceduresTRANSVASCULAR INC·Filed 1996·Granted Feb 20, 2001·2.3k cites·48 claims
- 0297US6508839B1Devices and methods of vertebral disc augmentationINTRINSIC ORTHOPEDICS INC·Filed 2000·Granted Jan 21, 2003·601 cites·18 claims
- 0397USD353668SPneumoneedleMINNESOTA MINING & MFG·Filed 1993·Granted Dec 20, 1994·107 cites·1 claims
- 0497US5290310AHemostatic implant introducerHOWMEDICA·Filed 1992·Granted Mar 1, 1994·1.9k cites·33 claims
- 0596US7134438B2Methods and apparatus for bypassing arterial obstructions and/or performing other transvascular proceduresMEDTRONIC VASCULAR INC·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 14, 2006·424 cites·12 claims
- 0696US6883520B2Methods and apparatus for dynamically stable spinal implantINTRINSIC THERAPEUTICS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Apr 26, 2005·294 cites·20 claims
- 0796US6655386B1Transluminal method for bypassing arterial obstructionsTRANSVASCULAR INC·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 2, 2003·433 cites·27 claims
- 0895US6482235B1Devices and methods of vertebral disc augmentationINTRINSIC ORTHOPEDICS INC·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 19, 2002·544 cites·28 claims
- 0995US4863088ASurgical stapling instrumentMINNESOTA MINING & MFG·Filed 1988·Granted Sep 5, 1989·641 cites·14 claims
- 1094US7553330B2Methods of reinforcing an intervertebral disc annulusINTRINSIC THERAPEUTICS INC·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 30, 2009·58 cites·21 claims
- 1194US7220281B2Implant for reinforcing and annulus fibrosisINTRINSIC THERAPEUTICS INC·Filed 2002·Granted May 22, 2007·271 cites·17 claims
- 1294US7124761B2Deployment devices and methods for vertebral disc augmentationINTRINSIC THERAPEUTICS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 24, 2006·166 cites·18 claims
- 1394US7094258B2Methods of reinforcing an annulus fibrosisINTRINSIC THERAPEUTICS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 22, 2006·193 cites·12 claims
- 1493US6821276B2Intervertebral diagnostic and manipulation deviceINTRINSIC THERAPEUTICS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 23, 2004·246 cites·14 claims
- 1593US5324306AHemostatic implant introducerHOWMEDICA·Filed 1993·Granted Jun 28, 1994·681 cites·11 claims
- 1690US7059330B1Methods and apparatus for bypassing arterial obstructions and/or performing other transvascular proceduresMEDTRONIC VASCULAR INC·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 13, 2006·201 cites·7 claims
- 1787US6695877B2Bifurcated stentSCIMED LIFE SYSTEMS·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 24, 2004·176 cites·23 claims
- 1885US7144397B2Minimally invasive system for manipulating intervertebral disc tissueINTRINSIC THERAPEUTICS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Dec 5, 2006·103 cites·16 claims
- 1985US5364367ACannula anchorMINNESOTA MINING & MFG·Filed 1993·Granted Nov 15, 1994·237 cites·32 claims
- 2079US7758634B2Bifurcated stent and delivery systemBOSTON SCIENT SCIMED INC·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 20, 2010·15 cites·8 claims
- 2178US6090063ADevice, system and method for implantation of filaments and particles in the bodyBARD INC C R·Filed 1996·Granted Jul 18, 2000·212 cites·13 claims
- 2262US8632579B2Bifurcated stent and delivery systemBRUCKER GREGORY G·Filed 2010·Granted Jan 21, 2014·2 cites·20 claims
- 2360US7799064B2Bifurcated stent and delivery systemBOSTON SCIENT SCIMED INC·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 21, 2010·20 cites·24 claims
- 2459US5374252ALocking pneumoneedleMINNESOTA MINING & MFG·Filed 1994·Granted Dec 20, 1994·86 cites·30 claims
- 2553US2006161162A1Method of deploying spinal implantsLAMBRECHT GREGORY H·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 2648US2005119731A1Bifurcated stent and delivery systemFiled 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 2743US2003097169A1Bifurcated stent and delivery systemFiled 2002·Application pending·0 cites
- 2842US2003015203A1Device, system and method for implantation of filaments and particles in the bodyFiled 2002·Application pending·0 cites
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