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Silvio Schaffner — 22 Patents

Abbott: 8 patents #922 of 5,509Top 20%
CACoremedic Ag: 7 patents #1 of 11Top 10%
IGInvatec Technology Center Gmbh: 3 patents #3 of 6Top 50%
Medtronic: 2 patents #3,245 of 6,367Top 55%
SASulzer Orthopaedie Ag: 1 patents #17 of 50Top 35%
UBUniversitat Bern: 1 patents #72 of 187Top 40%
Berlingen, CH: #2 of 10 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #189,202 of 4,157,543Top 5%
22 Patents All Time
Silvio Schaffner has been granted 22 US patents while listed as an inventor at Abbott. The first was granted in 2001 and the most recent in February 2025. Silvio Schaffner ranks #189,202 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.6%). Patent records list Silvio Schaffner in Berlingen, CH.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2001 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2020.peak 42001: 1 patents20012004: 1 patents2010: 1 patents20102011: 2 patents2012: 1 patents20122014: 3 patents2016: 1 patents20162018: 2 patents2019: 2 patents20192020: 4 patents2021: 1 patents20212023: 2 patents2025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–22 of 22 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12213882 Medical implant and method for heart valve repair Tobias Aeschlimann, Oliver Wüthrich, Thomas Bauer 2025-02-04
11571304 Medical implant and method for heart valve repair Tobias Aeschlimann, Oliver Wüthrich, Thomas Bauer 2023-02-07
11564795 Medical implant and method for heart valve repair Tobias Aeschlimann, Oliver Wüthrich, Thomas Bauer 2023-01-31
10966830 Medical apparatus and method for heart valve repair Tobias Aeschlimann, Oliver Wüthrich, Thomas Bauer 2021-04-06
10874770 Drug-eluting medical device Ulrich Speck, Magdalena Renke-Gluszko 2020-12-29
10806578 Medical implant and method for heart valve repair Tobias Aeschlimann, Oliver Wüthrich, Thomas Bauer 2020-10-20
10799357 Medical instrument and method for heart valve repair Tobias Aeschlimann, Oliver Wüthrich, Thomas Bauer 2020-10-13
10596303 Drug-eluting medical device Ulrich Speck, Magdalena Renke-Gluszko 2020-03-24
10420637 Methods and apparatus for stenting comprising enhanced embolic protection coupled with improved protections against restenosis and thrombus formation Joost J. Fierens, Marc Gianotti, Gerd Seibold, Randolf von Oepen 2019-09-24 $140,209,000
10405979 Medical apparatus and method for heart valve repair Louis Weidmann, Rolf Vogel, Stefan Guggisberg, Andreas Mächler, Stijn Vandenberghe +3 more 2019-09-10
10058678 Catheter assemblies having a protective sheath and methods of manufacture — 2018-08-28
10029032 Drug-eluting medical device Ulrich Speck, Magdalena Renke-Gluszko 2018-07-24
9517146 Methods and apparatus for stenting comprising enhanced embolic protection coupled with improved protections against restenosis and thrombus formation Joost J. Fierens, Marc Gianotti, Gerd Seibold, Randolf von Oepen 2016-12-13 $32,826,000
8870940 Endolumenal prosthesis Andrea Venturelli 2014-10-28 $21,862,000
8814926 Methods and apparatus for stenting comprising enhanced embolic protection coupled with improved protections against restenosis and thrombus formation Joost J. Fierens, Marc Gianotti, Gerd Seibold, Randolf von Oepen 2014-08-26 $20,323,000
8778010 Endoluminal prosthesis Andrea Venturelli 2014-07-15 $9,579,000
8088157 Methods and apparatus for stenting comprising enhanced embolic protection coupled with improved protections against restenosis and thrombus formation Joost J. Fierens, Marc Gianotti, Gerd Seibold, Randolf von Oepen 2012-01-03 $117,908,000
7927365 Methods and apparatus for stenting comprising enhanced embolic protection coupled with improved protections against restenosis and thrombus formation Joost J. Fierens, Marc Gianotti, Gerd Seibold, Randolf von Oepen 2011-04-19 $23,244,000
7927364 Methods and apparatus for stenting comprising enhanced embolic protection coupled with improved protections against restenosis and thrombus formation Joost J. Fierens, Marc Gianotti, Gerd Seibold, Randolf von Oepen 2011-04-19 $23,244,000
7811314 Methods and apparatus for stenting comprising enhanced embolic protection coupled with improved protections against restenosis and thrombus formation Joost J. Fierens, Marc Gianotti, Gerd Seibold, Randolf von Oepen 2010-10-12 $27,565,000
6755856 Methods and apparatus for stenting comprising enhanced embolic protection, coupled with improved protection against restenosis and thrombus formation Joost J. Fierens, Marc Gianotti, Gerd Seibold, Randolf von Oepen 2004-06-29 $147,868,000
6277390 UHMW polyethylene for implants — 2001-08-21

Frequent Collaborators

Gerd Seibold8 shared
Marc Gianotti8 shared
Joost J. Fierens8 shared
Randolf von Oepen8 shared
Oliver Wüthrich7 shared
Tobias Aeschlimann6 shared

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