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Michael Wei
Also filed as: WEI MICHAEL · WEI MICHAEL F · WEI MICHAEL FRANCIS · WEIBETA MICHAEL
97 granted patents·30 pending applications·6,306 citations·filing 1997–2025
99Inventor score
Files withVMWARE INC26EVALVE INC19ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC15ORIGIN MEDSYSTEMS INC7NICIRA INC6
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127 records- 0198US6663641B1Endoscopic surgical instrument for rotational manipulationORIGIN MEDSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 16, 2003·1.8k cites·11 claims
- 0298US6171316B1Endoscopic surgical instrument for rotational manipulationORIGIN MEDSYSTEMS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Jan 9, 2001·1.9k cites·11 claims
- 0395US10871974B1Target injection safe method for inlining registration callsVMWARE INC·Filed 2020·Granted Dec 22, 2020·4 cites·20 claims
- 0495US8343173B2Delivery devices and methods for heart valve repairGUIDED DELIVERY SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 1, 2013·178 cites·13 claims
- 0594US8657790B2Access device with blunting deviceTAL MICHAEL·Filed 2011·Granted Feb 25, 2014·139 cites·16 claims
- 0694US8394113B2Coiled anchor deviceWEI MICHAEL·Filed 2010·Granted Mar 12, 2013·97 cites·29 claims
- 0793US8216254B2Anchor delivery system with replaceable cartridgeMCLEAN MATTHEW·Filed 2009·Granted Jul 10, 2012·114 cites·23 claims
- 0892US11068422B1Software-controlled interrupts for I/O devicesVMWARE INC·Filed 2020·Granted Jul 20, 2021·5 cites·20 claims
- 0992US10667804B2Mitral valve fixation device removal devices and methodsEVALVE INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jun 2, 2020·15 cites·12 claims
- 1092US9572666B2Mitral valve fixation device removal devices and methodsEVALVE INC·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 21, 2017·45 cites·6 claims
- 1192US9226825B2Delivery devices and methods for heart valve repairSTARKSEN NIEL F·Filed 2004·Granted Jan 5, 2016·274 cites·47 claims
- 1291US10188392B2Grasping for tissue repairABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jan 29, 2019·27 cites·5 claims
- 1391US9949829B2Delivery devices and methods for heart valve repairANCORA HEART INC·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 24, 2018·15 cites·6 claims
- 1491US9191997B2Electrical conductorWEIΒ MICHAEL·Filed 2011·Granted Nov 17, 2015·16 cites·20 claims
- 1591US8425532B2Method and apparatus for accessing the interior of a hip joint, including the provision and use of a novel telescoping access cannula and a novel telescoping obturatorFLOM JAMES·Filed 2009·Granted Apr 23, 2013·48 cites·23 claims
- 1691US7276075B1Endoscopic surgical access port and methodORIGIN MEDSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 2, 2007·266 cites·46 claims
- 1791US6811546B1Endoscopic surgical access port and methodORIGIN MEDSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 2, 2004·256 cites·8 claims
- 1890US9815488B2Temperature control device for a steering deviceGENTHERM GMBH·Filed 2015·Granted Nov 14, 2017·8 cites·17 claims
- 1989US7753924B2Delivery devices and methods for heart valve repairGUIDED DELIVERY SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2004·Granted Jul 13, 2010·201 cites·29 claims
- 2088US10779829B2Tissue compression device for cardiac valve repairEVALVE INC·Filed 2017·Granted Sep 22, 2020·10 cites·17 claims
- 2188US10624741B2Delivery devices and methods for heart valve repairANCORA HEART INC·Filed 2018·Granted Apr 21, 2020·8 cites·20 claims
- 2288US10524912B2Tissue fixation devices and methodsABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 7, 2020·8 cites·17 claims
- 2388US10245070B2Method and apparatus for accessing the interior of a hip joint, including the provision and use of a novel telescoping access cannula and a novel telescoping obturatorPIVOT MEDICAL INC·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 2, 2019·7 cites·66 claims
- 2487US10893941B2Tissue fixation devices and methodsABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Jan 19, 2021·5 cites·12 claims
- 2587US2025025172A1Grasping For Tissue RepairABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 2687US2025143745A1Method and apparatus for accessing the interior of a hip joint, including the provision and use of a novel telescoping access cannula and a novel telescoping obturatorSTRYKER CORP·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 2785US10635541B2Fine-grained conflict resolution in a shared logNICIRA INC·Filed 2017·Granted Apr 28, 2020·6 cites·19 claims
- 2884US9034001B2Slotted anchor deviceCHENG FLORIA·Filed 2009·Granted May 19, 2015·39 cites·15 claims
- 2983US11500787B2Enforcing code integrity using a trusted computing baseVMWARE INC·Filed 2019·Granted Nov 15, 2022·3 cites·20 claims
- 3082US11229435B2Grasping for tissue repairABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2019·Granted Jan 25, 2022·2 cites·8 claims
- 3182US2025064457A1Tissue Fixation Devices And MethodsABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 3281US12171461B2Method and apparatus for accessing the interior of a hip joint, including the provision and use of a novel telescoping access cannula and a novel telescoping obturatorSTRYKER CORP·Filed 2022·Granted Dec 24, 2024·0 cites·6 claims
- 3381US7666193B2Delivery devices and methods for heart valve repairGUIDED DELIVERY SYTEMS INC·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 23, 2010·138 cites·48 claims
- 3480US10265061B2Latching anchor deviceNEOTRACT INC·Filed 2016·Granted Apr 23, 2019·3 cites·9 claims
- 3580US8456272B2Electric lineRAUH HANS-GEORG·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 4, 2013·6 cites·20 claims
- 3679US7485092B1Vessel harvesting apparatus and methodMAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR LLC·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 3, 2009·106 cites·3 claims
- 3778US7235083B1Methods and devices for aiding in situ assembly of repair devicesENDOVASCULAR TECH INC·Filed 2003·Granted Jun 26, 2007·64 cites·17 claims
- 3878US6753791B2Burst QAM downhole telemetry systemHALLIBURTON ENERGY SERV INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 22, 2004·22 cites·19 claims
- 3977US12137909B2Grasping for tissue repairABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2021·Granted Nov 12, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 4077US10945842B2Annular augmentation device for cardiac valve repairEVALVE INC·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 16, 2021·2 cites·18 claims
- 4176US10878085B2Compilation-time checks to secure processes from speculative rogue cache loadsVMWARE INC·Filed 2018·Granted Dec 29, 2020·1 cites·17 claims
- 4276US9161839B2Method and apparatus for accessing the interior of a hip joint, including the provision and use of a novel telescoping access cannula and a novel telescoping obturatorPIVOT MEDICAL INC·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 20, 2015·5 cites·22 claims
- 4376US8230680B2Exhaust manifoldRIEKERS RALF·Filed 2008·Granted Jul 31, 2012·7 cites·12 claims
- 4476US6471638B1Surgical apparatusORIGIN MEDSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2000·Granted Oct 29, 2002·74 cites·6 claims
- 4576US6348876B1Burst QAM downhole telemetry systemHALLIBURTON ENERGY SERV INC·Filed 2000·Granted Feb 19, 2002·36 cites·14 claims
- 4674US11392567B2Just-in-time multi-indexed tables in a shared logNICIRA INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jul 19, 2022·2 cites·20 claims
- 4774US2025160817A1Mitral valve fixation device removal devices and methodsEVALVE INC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 4874US2025160816A1Mitral valve fixation device removal devices and methodsEVALVE INC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 4973US7497865B2Method and apparatus for performing anastomosis with eversion of tissue edges and joining of exposed intima of the everted tissueMAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR LLC·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 3, 2009·57 cites·13 claims
- 5071US11109863B2Grasping for tissue repairABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2020·Granted Sep 7, 2021·0 cites·17 claims
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