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Richard W. Fournier
Also filed as: FOURNIER RICHARD · FOURNIER RICHARD W
30 granted patents·5 pending applications·594 citations·filing 1978–2024
97Inventor score
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35 records- 0195US11439441B2Modular surgical instruments and related methodsMEDOS INT SARL·Filed 2020·Granted Sep 13, 2022·5 cites·27 claims
- 0295US9827024B2Devices and methods for breaking and retaining surgical reduction tabsDEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 28, 2017·32 cites·17 claims
- 0395US9579139B2Devices and methods for breaking and retaining surgical reduction tabsDEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Feb 28, 2017·32 cites·20 claims
- 0493US10321937B2Bone anchorsMEDOS INT SARL·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 18, 2019·20 cites·8 claims
- 0593US9402673B2Devices and methods for breaking and retaining surgical reduction tabsDEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS INC·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 2, 2016·51 cites·20 claims
- 0693US7887541B2Spinal rod reduction instruments and methods for useDEPUY SPINE INC·Filed 2007·Granted Feb 15, 2011·91 cites·25 claims
- 0792US8608746B2Derotation instrument with reduction functionalityKOLB ERIC·Filed 2008·Granted Dec 17, 2013·108 cites·18 claims
- 0891US10085786B2Driver instruments and related methodsMEDOS INT SARL·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 2, 2018·19 cites·15 claims
- 0991US9498254B2Bottom-loading bone anchor assembliesMEDOS INT SARL·Filed 2015·Granted Nov 22, 2016·17 cites·14 claims
- 1090US12478412B2Reducer locking mechanisms and methods of useMEDOS INT SARL·Filed 2022·Granted Nov 25, 2025·1 cites·18 claims
- 1190US10610269B2Modular surgical instruments and related methodsMEDOS INT SARL·Filed 2017·Granted Apr 7, 2020·10 cites·17 claims
- 1290US9155580B2Multi-threaded cannulated bone anchorsCORMIER PHILIP·Filed 2012·Granted Oct 13, 2015·62 cites·12 claims
- 1390US8647347B2Instruments and methods for manipulating a spinal fixation elementRUNCO THOMAS J·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 11, 2014·37 cites·17 claims
- 1487US8216241B2Instruments and methods for manipulating a spinal fixation elementRUNCO THOMAS J·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 10, 2012·46 cites·22 claims
- 1585US2025107832A1Bone anchorsMEDOS INT SARL·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 1684US9326798B2Derotation instrument with reduction functionalityDEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS INC·Filed 2013·Granted May 3, 2016·17 cites·16 claims
- 1783US11638596B2Reamer instruments and related methodsMEDOS INT SARL·Filed 2020·Granted May 2, 2023·1 cites·18 claims
- 1883US10835289B2Reamer instruments and related methodsMEDOS INT SARL·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 17, 2020·3 cites·25 claims
- 1982US8636742B2Spinal rod reduction instruments and methods for useRUNCO THOMAS J·Filed 2010·Granted Jan 28, 2014·16 cites·17 claims
- 2081US2024382238A1Modular surgical instruments and related methodsMEDOS INT SARL·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 2178US12329416B2Reamer instruments and related methodsMEDOS INT SARL·Filed 2023·Granted Jun 17, 2025·0 cites·23 claims
- 2276US12053213B2Modular surgical instruments and related methodsMEDOS INT SARL·Filed 2022·Granted Aug 6, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 2375US12185999B2Bone anchorsMEDOS INT SARL·Filed 2021·Granted Jan 7, 2025·0 cites·22 claims
- 2470US11660134B2Instruments and methods for delivering bone cement to a bone screwMEDOS INT SARL·Filed 2019·Granted May 30, 2023·1 cites·20 claims
- 2570US2024138886A1Multiple set screw insertion instrument and methodsMEDOS INT SARL·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 2668US11857225B2Multiple set screw insertion instrument and methodsMEDOS INT SARL·Filed 2021·Granted Jan 2, 2024·0 cites·14 claims
- 2768US2023270475A1Surgical instruments and methods for selectively coupling to an objectMEDOS INT SARL·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 2867US9339308B2Methods and devices for manipulating a vertebraMICKIEWICZ CHRISTOPHER·Filed 2010·Granted May 17, 2016·3 cites·35 claims
- 2965US11596452B2Surgical instruments and methods for selectively coupling to an objectMEDOS INT SARL·Filed 2021·Granted Mar 7, 2023·0 cites·25 claims
- 3065US11202659B2Bone anchorsMEDOS INT SARL·Filed 2019·Granted Dec 21, 2021·0 cites·7 claims
- 3160US4749869AProcess for irradiating topaz and the product resulting therefromDHOLAKIA ANIL·Filed 1986·Granted Jun 7, 1988·15 cites·12 claims
- 3256US11457967B2Driver instruments and related methodsMEDOS INT SARL·Filed 2018·Granted Oct 4, 2022·0 cites·25 claims
- 3353US9949767B2Methods and devices for manipulating a vertebraDEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Apr 24, 2018·0 cites·12 claims
- 3450US4248952ATechnique for making electrical ground contact with the intermediate conductive layer of an electrostatographic recording memberJAMES RIVER GRAPHICS INC·Filed 1978·Granted Feb 3, 1981·7 cites·13 claims
- 3549US2014277159A1Bottom-loading bone anchor assembliesDEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS LLC·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
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