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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Christopher Zirps — 59 Patents

COCorindus: 14 patents #6 of 53Top 15%
EIEndius Incorporated: 8 patents #5 of 15Top 35%
CBC.R. Bard: 4 patents #238 of 1,139Top 25%
MEMedrad: 4 patents #63 of 240Top 30%
DHDhd Healthcare: 3 patents #6 of 22Top 30%
MOMoobella: 3 patents #3 of 9Top 35%
BHBayer Healthcare: 2 patents #3,312 of 8,007Top 45%
BCBayer Medical Care: 2 patents #23 of 100Top 25%
DMDepuy Mitek: 2 patents #103 of 220Top 50%
KPKateman Family Limited Partnership: 2 patents #4 of 7Top 60%
SRSiemens Healthineers Endovascular Robotics: 2 patents #7 of 27Top 30%
SASmiths Medical Asd: 2 patents #117 of 242Top 50%
Depuy Synthes Products: 1 patents #1,112 of 1,658Top 70%
PPPhilips Plastics: 1 patents #14 of 32Top 45%
GMGeneral Mills: 1 patents #577 of 968Top 60%
Medtronic: 1 patents #5,861 of 6,367Top 95%
TETownsend Engineering: 1 patents #46 of 77Top 60%
URUromed: 1 patents #9 of 35Top 30%
EMEmhart: 1 patents #318 of 338Top 95%
Johnson & Johnson: 1 patents #4,783 of 7,810Top 65%
MIT: 1 patents #4,386 of 9,367Top 50%
KLKirby Lester: 1 patents #9 of 14Top 65%
Sharon, MA: #4 of 848 inventorsTop 1%
Massachusetts: #847 of 88,656 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #40,067 of 4,157,543Top 1%
59 Patents All Time
Christopher Zirps has been granted 59 US patents while listed as an inventor at Corindus. The first was granted in 1991 and the most recent in July 2025. Christopher Zirps ranks #40,067 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.96%). Patent records list Christopher Zirps in Sharon, MA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1991 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2000.peak 51991: 1 patents19911993: 1 patents1995: 1 patents1997: 1 patents19971998: 3 patents1999: 3 patents2000: 5 patents20002001: 1 patents2002: 2 patents2003: 2 patents20032004: 1 patents2005: 1 patents2006: 3 patents20062007: 4 patents2008: 1 patents2010: 3 patents20102011: 1 patents2012: 1 patents2013: 1 patents20132014: 3 patents2015: 1 patents2017: 4 patents20172018: 2 patents2019: 1 patents2020: 2 patents20202021: 3 patents2023: 3 patents2024: 2 patents20242025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 59 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12357797 Percutaneous device exchange Steven J. Blacker 2025-07-15
12303657 Robotic percutaneous device wiper Steven J. Blacker, Peter Falb 2025-05-20
12136867 Differential drive 2024-11-05
11918314 System and method for navigating a guide wire Steven J. Blacker, Thomas Bromander, David Handler, Tal Wenderow 2024-03-05
11801365 Robotic percutaneous device wiper Steven J. Blacker, Peter Falb 2023-10-31
11696808 System and method for navigating a guide wire Steven J. Blacker, Thomas Bromander, David Handler, Tal Wenderow 2023-07-11
11633575 Percutaneous device exchange Steven J. Blacker 2023-04-25
11114918 Differential drive 2021-09-07
10959718 Suture management system Charles S. Brunner, Jeffrey S. Hovis, Christopher Kilburn-Peterson 2021-03-30
10881474 System and method for navigating a guide wire Steven J. Blacker, Thomas Bromander, David Handler, Tal Wenderow 2021-01-05
10653863 Robotic percutaneous device wiper Steven J. Blacker, Peter Falb 2020-05-19
10583276 Catheter system with magnetic coupling 2020-03-10
10426926 Guide wire or working catheter with modified drive surface Steven J. Blacker 2019-10-01 $24,269,000
9981109 Guide wire or working catheter with modified drive surface Steven J. Blacker 2018-05-29 $3,317,000
9962229 System and method for navigating a guide wire Steven J. Blacker, Thomas Bromander, David Handler, Tal Wenderow 2018-05-08 $3,936,000
9833559 Pressure isolation mechanisms, method of use thereof and fluid delivery systems including pressure isolation mechanisms Gerald W. Callan, Luis Pedraza, Jennie Kwo, Roderick H. Beaulieu 2017-12-05
9782564 Wheel for robotic catheter system drive mechanism Tal Wenderow, John Murphy 2017-10-10 $5,382,000
9764081 Fluid path containing a pressure isolation valve Frederick W. Trombley, III, David M. Reilly, Alan D. Hirschman, David M. Griffiths, Gerald W. Callan +3 more 2017-09-19
9549783 Catheter system with magnetic coupling 2017-01-24 $1,081,000
9161750 Suture management system Charles S. Brunner, Jeffrey S. Hovis, Chris Kilburn-Peterson 2015-10-20
8852147 Fluid delivery system including a valve and a pressure transducer Gerald W. Callan, Luis Pedraza, Jennie Kwo, Roderick H. Beaulieu 2014-10-07
8821542 Suture management system Charles S. Brunner, Jeffrey S. Hovis, Chris Kilburn-Peterson 2014-09-02
8747358 Injector system with a manual control device Frederick W. Trombley, III, Robert M. Schmidt, David M. Reilly, Alan D. Hirschman, David M. Griffiths +4 more 2014-06-10
8392018 Apparatus and method for distributing ophthalmic lenses Daniel Tsu-Fang Wang, Edward R. Kernick, Hamid Anthony Darabi, Francis E. Mirmina, Gerhard Andrew Foelsche +5 more 2013-03-05 $58,590,000
8220672 Fluid dispensing apparatuses and methods thereof 2012-07-17