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David A. Melanson — 69 Patents

GDGi Dynamics: 45 patents #2 of 27Top 8%
CMConformal Medical: 15 patents #1 of 8Top 15%
FOFocal: 7 patents #11 of 44Top 25%
University Of Texas System: 3 patents #1,041 of 6,559Top 20%
INIncept: 2 patents #48 of 71Top 70%
Hudson, NH: #3 of 319 inventorsTop 1%
New Hampshire: #78 of 12,181 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #29,979 of 4,157,543Top 1%
69 Patents All Time
David A. Melanson has been granted 69 US patents while listed as an inventor at Gi Dynamics. The first was granted in 1997 and the most recent in August 2025. David A. Melanson ranks #29,979 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.72%). Patent records list David A. Melanson in Hudson, NH, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1997 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 10 patents in 2010.peak 101997: 1 patents19971998: 4 patents2000: 2 patents2002: 1 patents20022003: 1 patents2006: 1 patents2009: 2 patents20092010: 10 patents2011: 3 patents2012: 4 patents20122013: 2 patents2014: 8 patents2015: 3 patents20152016: 3 patents2017: 6 patents2018: 3 patents20182020: 2 patents2021: 3 patents2022: 2 patents20222023: 2 patents2024: 3 patents2025: 3 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 69 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12376861 Devices and methods for excluding the left atrial appendage Aaron V. Kaplan, Carol Devellian, Andy H. Levine, Andres Chamorro 2025-08-05
12268394 Devices and methods for excluding the left atrial appendage Andy H. Levine, James H. Loper, Michael T. Radford, Carol Devellian, Aaron V. Kaplan +1 more 2025-04-08
12256938 Devices and methods for excluding the left atrial appendage Andy H. Levine, James H. Loper, Michael T. Radford, Carol Devellian, Aaron V. Kaplan +1 more 2025-03-25
12167856 Devices and methods for excluding the left atrial appendage Andy H. Levine, James H. Loper, Michael T. Radford, Carol Devellian, Aaron V. Kaplan +1 more 2024-12-17
12144508 Devices and methods for excluding the left atrial appendage Andy H. Levine, James H. Loper, Michael T. Radford, Carol Devellian, Aaron V. Kaplan +1 more 2024-11-19
12082820 Devices and methods for excluding the left atrial appendage Aaron V. Kaplan, Carol Devellian, Andy H. Levine, Andres Chamorro 2024-09-10
11786256 Devices and methods for excluding the left atrial appendage Andy H. Levine, James H. Loper, Michael T. Radford, Carol Devellian, Aaron V. Kaplan +1 more 2023-10-17
11717303 Devices and methods for excluding the left atrial appendage Aaron V. Kaplan, Carol Devellian, Andy H. Levine 2023-08-08
11426172 Devices and methods for excluding the left atrial appendage Andy H. Levine, James H. Loper, Michael T. Radford, Carol Devellian, Aaron V. Kaplan +1 more 2022-08-30
11399842 Devices and methods for excluding the left atrial appendage Aaron V. Kaplan, Carol Devellian, Andy H. Levine, Andres Chamorro 2022-08-02
11116510 Devices and methods for excluding the left atrial appendage Andy H. Levine, James H. Loper, Michael T. Radford, Carol Devellian, Aaron V. Kaplan +1 more 2021-09-14
11026695 Devices and methods for excluding the left atrial appendage Andy H. Levine, James H. Loper, Michael T. Radford, Carol Devellian, Aaron V. Kaplan +1 more 2021-06-08
11000396 Transpyloric anchoring Andres Chamorro, Andy H. Levine, Barry Maxwell, Richard A. Gambale 2021-05-11
10722240 Devices and methods for excluding the left atrial appendage Andy H. Levine, James H. Loper, Michael T. Radford, Carol Devellian, Aaron V. Kaplan +1 more 2020-07-28
10617425 Devices and methods for excluding the left atrial appendage Aaron V. Kaplan, Carol Devellian, Andy H. Levine, Andres Chamorro 2020-04-14
10130502 Transpyloric anchoring Andres Chamorro, Andy H. Levine, Barry Maxwell, Richard A. Gambale 2018-11-20
9943315 Devices and methods for excluding the left atrial appendage Aaron V. Kaplan, Carol Devellian, Andy H. Levine 2018-04-17
9901474 Anti-obesity devices Andy H. Levine, John C. Meade 2018-02-27
9750596 Bariatric sleeve Andy H. Levine, John F. Cvinar, John C. Meade 2017-09-05
9744061 Intestinal sleeve John C. Meade, Andy H. Levine, John F. Cvinar 2017-08-29
9642734 Anchors with biodegradable constraints Christopher Nutting, Barry Maxwell, Peter Shank, John Panek 2017-05-09
9636245 Transpyloric anchoring Andres Chamorro, Andy H. Levine, Barry Maxwell, Richard A. Gambale 2017-05-02
9597215 Transpyloric anchoring Andres Chamorro, Andy H. Levine, Barry Maxwell, Richard A. Gambale 2017-03-21
9585783 Methods and apparatus for anchoring within the gastrointestinal tract John C. Meade, Andy H. Levine, John F. Cvinar 2017-03-07
9278020 Methods of treatment using a bariatric sleeve Andy H. Levine, John F. Cvinar, John C. Meade 2016-03-08