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2017
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Glaukos
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Thomas W. Burns
TB
Thomas W. Burns
— 4 Patents in 2017
DM
Dose Medical
:
2
patents
#2
of
12
Top 20%
GL
Glaukos
:
2
patents
#4
of
17
Top 25%
Dana Point, CA
:
#7
of
57
inventors
Top 15%
California
:
#5,406
of
60,394
inventors
Top 9%
Overall
(2017):
#36,499
of
506,227
Top 8%
4
Patents 2017
Issued Patents
2017
Showing
1–4
of
4
patents
Patent #
Title
Co-Inventors
Date
9789001
Ocular implant with therapeutic agents and methods thereof
Hosheng Tu
,
Barbara A. Niksch
,
David S. Haffner
,
Gregory T. Smedley
,
Olav B. Bergheim
+2 more
2017-10-17
9603738
Implants with controlled drug delivery features and methods of using same
David S. Haffner
,
Harold A. Heitzmann
,
Kenneth M. Curry
2017-03-28
9597230
Devices and methods for glaucoma treatment
David S. Haffner
,
Gregory T. Smedley
,
Hosheng Tu
2017-03-21
9561131
Implant delivery system and methods thereof for treating ocular disorders
Hosheng Tu
,
David S. Haffner
,
Gregory T. Smedley
,
Barbara A. Niksch
,
Morteza Gharib
+1 more
2017-02-07
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