Inventor · disambiguated record
Kurt R. Smith
Also filed as: SMITH KURT · SMITH KURT R
35 granted patents·6 pending applications·8,050 citations·filing 1995–2023
99Inventor score
Files withSURGICAL NAVIGATION TECH13COVIDIEN LP4MEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC4EYETECT L L C3MEDTRONIC INC3
Top patents by PatentIndex Score
41 records- 0198US6167145ABone navigation systemSURGICAL NAVIGATION TECH·Filed 1996·Granted Dec 26, 2000·437 cites·20 claims
- 0296US6470207B1Navigational guidance via computer-assisted fluoroscopic imagingSURGICAL NAVIGATION TECH·Filed 1999·Granted Oct 22, 2002·916 cites·23 claims
- 0396USD420132SDrill guideSURGICAL NAVIGATION TECH·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 1, 2000·112 cites·1 claims
- 0495US7996064B2System and method for placing and determining an appropriately sized surgical implantMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2009·Granted Aug 9, 2011·148 cites·22 claims
- 0595US7606613B2Navigational guidance via computer-assisted fluoroscopic imagingMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 20, 2009·389 cites·23 claims
- 0695US6491699B1Instrument guidance method and system for image guided surgerySURGICAL NAVIGATION TECH·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 10, 2002·482 cites·8 claims
- 0795USD422706SBiopsy guide tubeSURGICAL NAVIGATION TECH·Filed 1997·Granted Apr 11, 2000·76 cites·1 claims
- 0894US7139601B2Surgical navigation systems including reference and localization framesUNIV ST LOUIS·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 21, 2006·500 cites·18 claims
- 0994US6526415B2Method and apparatus for producing an accessing composite dataSURGICAL NAVIGATION TECH·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 25, 2003·81 cites·101 claims
- 1094US6236875B1Surgical navigation systems including reference and localization framesSURGICAL NAVIGATION TECH·Filed 1995·Granted May 22, 2001·995 cites·46 claims
- 1193US6490467B1Surgical navigation systems including reference and localization framesSURGICAL NAVIGATION TECH·Filed 1998·Granted Dec 3, 2002·764 cites·11 claims
- 1292US10363094B2Flexible microwave catheters for natural or artificial lumensBRANNAN JOSEPH D·Filed 2012·Granted Jul 30, 2019·31 cites·13 claims
- 1392US7685005B2Medical device systems implemented network scheme for remote patient managementMEDTRONIC INC·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 23, 2010·116 cites·19 claims
- 1492US6978166B2System for use in displaying images of a body partSURGICAL NAVIGATION TECH·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 20, 2005·398 cites·80 claims
- 1592US6298262B1Instrument guidance for stereotactic surgeryNEUTAR LLC·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 2, 2001·388 cites·32 claims
- 1691US5970499AMethod and apparatus for producing and accessing composite dataFiled 1997·Granted Oct 19, 1999·144 cites·74 claims
- 1790US11234765B2Flexible microwave catheters for natural or artificial lumensCOVIDIEN LP·Filed 2019·Granted Feb 1, 2022·5 cites·10 claims
- 1890US7217276B2Instrument guidance method and system for image guided surgerySURGICAL NAVIGATIONAL TECHNOLO·Filed 2002·Granted May 15, 2007·266 cites·32 claims
- 1990US6708184B2Method and apparatus for producing and accessing composite data using a device having a distributed communication controller interfaceMEDTRONIC SURGICAL NAVIGATION·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 16, 2004·70 cites·25 claims
- 2090US6340363B1Image guided vertebral distractor and method for tracking the position of vertebraeSURGICAL NAVIGATION TECH·Filed 1999·Granted Jan 22, 2002·480 cites·26 claims
- 2189US6118845ASystem and methods for the reduction and elimination of image artifacts in the calibration of X-ray imagersSURGICAL NAVIGATION TECH·Filed 1998·Granted Sep 12, 2000·359 cites·33 claims
- 2287US8845655B2Instrument guide systemHENDERSON JAIMIE·Filed 2010·Granted Sep 30, 2014·34 cites·23 claims
- 2386US8025404B2Method and apparatus for monitoring eye tremorEYETECT L L C·Filed 2009·Granted Sep 27, 2011·30 cites·18 claims
- 2486US6434415B1System for use in displaying images of a body partUNIV ST LOUIS·Filed 1999·Granted Aug 13, 2002·337 cites·25 claims
- 2585US6347240B1System and method for use in displaying images of a body partUNIV ST LOUIS·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 12, 2002·303 cites·55 claims
- 2683US8500282B2Method and apparatus for monitoring eye tremorBOLGER CIARAN·Filed 2011·Granted Aug 6, 2013·16 cites·23 claims
- 2779US2022142707A1Flexible microwave catheters for natural or artificial lumensCOVIDIEN LP·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 2875US6253210B1Method and apparatus for producing and accessing composite dataSURGICAL NAVIGATION TECH·Filed 1999·Granted Jun 26, 2001·54 cites·1 claims
- 2974US6370224B1System and methods for the reduction and elimination of image artifacts in the calibration of x-ray imagersSOFAMOR DANEK GROUP INC·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 9, 2002·54 cites·48 claims
- 3073US7011410B2Method and apparatus for monitoring eye tremorEYETECT L L C·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 14, 2006·47 cites·6 claims
- 3169US7776056B2Instrument guide systemMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 17, 2010·6 cites·41 claims
- 3265US8046053B2System and method for modifying images of a body partFOLEY KEVIN T·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 25, 2011·3 cites·40 claims
- 3364US11103307B2System and method for treating COPD and emphysemaCOVIDIEN LP·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 31, 2021·1 cites·15 claims
- 3463US2005021370A1Medical device systems implemented network scheme for remote patient managementMEDTRONIC INC·Filed 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 3560US12178506B2System and method for treating COPD and emphysemaCOVIDIEN LP·Filed 2021·Granted Dec 31, 2024·0 cites·11 claims
- 3657US2025186115A1Copd targeted lung denervation (tld)MEDTRONIC CRYOCATH LP·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 3755US6510198B2System and methods for the reduction and elimination of image artifacts in the calibration of x-ray imagersSURGICAL NAVIGATION TECH·Filed 2001·Granted Jan 21, 2003·8 cites·14 claims
- 3855US2014180161A1Method and Apparatus for Monitoring Eye TremorBOSTON BRAINSTEM INC·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 3951US2011268248A1System and Method for Placing and Determining an Appropriately Sized Surgical ImplantMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2011·Application pending·0 cites
- 4050US2006082727A1Method and apparatus for monitoring eye tremorEYETECT L L C·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 4146US11694788B2Healthcare protocols for use with a distributed ledgerMEDTRONIC INC·Filed 2019·Granted Jul 4, 2023·0 cites·36 claims
Identity basis: PatentsView inventor disambiguation (2025Q4-odp release). How scoring works →