Inventor · disambiguated record
George R. Proto
Also filed as: PROTO GEORGE R
22 granted patents·1 pending application·1,581 citations·filing 1989–2007
97Inventor score
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23 records- 0197US5156788AMethod and apparatus for heat tipping suturesUNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP·Filed 1989·Granted Oct 20, 1992·155 cites·35 claims
- 0293US7348270B1Techniques for forming interconnectsIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 25, 2008·23 cites·22 claims
- 0384US5259846ALoop threaded combined surgical needle-suture deviceUNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP·Filed 1991·Granted Nov 9, 1993·309 cites·26 claims
- 0477US5374278AMethod and apparatus for heat tipping suturesUNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP·Filed 1992·Granted Dec 20, 1994·176 cites·21 claims
- 0576US6056771ARadiused tip surgical needles and surgical incision membersUNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP·Filed 1997·Granted May 2, 2000·215 cites·2 claims
- 0676US5099676AApparatus for attaching surgical suture componentsUNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP·Filed 1989·Granted Mar 31, 1992·31 cites·11 claims
- 0774US5258013ASiliconized surgical needle and method for its manufactureUNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Nov 2, 1993·149 cites·24 claims
- 0871US5425746ASuture-needle combination with cyanoacrylate tipped suturesUNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Jun 20, 1995·113 cites·12 claims
- 0964US5569302ATipped multifilament surgical sutureUNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Oct 29, 1996·86 cites·9 claims
- 1060US5131131AMethod for attaching surgical suture componentsUNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP·Filed 1991·Granted Jul 21, 1992·20 cites·14 claims
- 1157US5693071ATapered surgical needles and surgical incision membersUNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Dec 2, 1997·92 cites·18 claims
- 1252US7819376B2Techniques for forming interconnectsIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 26, 2010·0 cites·25 claims
- 1352US5458616ASiliconized surgical needle and method for its manufactureUNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Oct 17, 1995·46 cites·23 claims
- 1446US5269808AMethod and apparatus for tipping suturesUNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Dec 14, 1993·28 cites·28 claims
- 1544US5437726AMethod and apparatus for tipping suturesUNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Aug 1, 1995·26 cites·17 claims
- 1641US5046350AApparatus for attaching surgical suture componentsUNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP·Filed 1989·Granted Sep 10, 1991·20 cites·13 claims
- 1740US5553477AProgressive die apparatus and method for forming surgical incision membersUNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Sep 10, 1996·31 cites·20 claims
- 1839US5371338ANeedle blank feeding apparatusUNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP·Filed 1992·Granted Dec 6, 1994·5 cites·50 claims
- 1937US5168619AMethod for attaching surgical suture componentsUNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP·Filed 1991·Granted Dec 8, 1992·21 cites·19 claims
- 2036US5250247AMethod and apparatus for heat tipping suturesUNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP·Filed 1991·Granted Oct 5, 1993·16 cites·30 claims
- 2136US4932963ACombined surgical needle-suture device possessing an integrated suture cut-off featureUNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP·Filed 1989·Granted Jun 12, 1990·17 cites·7 claims
- 2232US5453595ANeedle blank feeding apparatusUNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Sep 26, 1995·2 cites·11 claims
- 2331US2003116173A1Process for electrolytically cleaning paste from a workpieceIBM·Filed 2001·Application pending·0 cites
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