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Derek Dee Deville — 8 Patents in 2021

S2Syntheon 2.0: 3 patents #1 of 12Top 9%
CICilag Gmbh International: 2 patents #104 of 294Top 40%
ECEdwards Lifesciences Cardiaq: 2 patents #4 of 24Top 20%
ELEdwards Lifesciences: 1 patents #108 of 267Top 45%
Sunrise Harbor, FL: #2 of 17 inventorsTop 15%
Florida: #95 of 6,924 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (2021): #13,539 of 548,734Top 3%
8 Patents 2021

Issued Patents 2021

Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11191547 Left atrial appendage clipping device and methods for clipping the LAA Matthew A. Palmer, Richard Cartledge, Thomas O. Bales, Jr., M. Sean McBrayer, Eric Petersen +3 more 2021-12-07
11172924 Multiple-firing suture fixation device and methods for using and manufacturing same Kevin W. Smith, Michael Walter Kirk, Carlos Rivera, George Nunez, Thomas O. Bales, Jr. +8 more 2021-11-16 $179,246,000
11172930 Electrically self-powered surgical instrument with manual release Kevin W. Smith, Thomas O. Bales, Jr., Carlos Rivera, Matthew A. Palmer 2021-11-16
11172931 Electrically self-powered surgical instrument with cryptographic identification of interchangeable part Kevin W. Smith, Thomas O. Bales, Jr., Carlos Rivera, Matthew A. Palmer 2021-11-16
11083576 Actively controllable heart valve implant and method of controlling same Richard Cartledge, Kevin W. Smith, James L. Greene, Jorge Hernan Jimenez 2021-08-10
10980650 Actively controllable stent, stent graft, heart valve and method of controlling same Richard Cartledge, Kevin W. Smith, Thomas O. Bales, Jr., Korey Kline, Max Pierre Mendez +5 more 2021-04-20
10925615 Recapturable left atrial appendage clipping device and methods for recapturing a left atrial appendage clip Matthew A. Palmer, Richard Cartledge, Thomas O. Bales, Jr., M. Sean McBrayer, William T. Bales +5 more 2021-02-23
10918392 Left atrial appendage clipping device and methods for clipping the LAA Matthew A. Palmer, Richard Cartledge, Thomas O. Bales, Jr., M. Sean McBrayer, William T. Bales +1 more 2021-02-16