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Peter Costa — 46 Patents

HEHeartport: 14 patents #11 of 81Top 15%
OMOrigin Medsystems: 5 patents #23 of 96Top 25%
FLFlexdex: 4 patents #4 of 14Top 30%
POPolaroid: 3 patents #282 of 902Top 35%
ENEndo-Therapeutics: 3 patents #1 of 12Top 9%
PGPilkington Automotive Deutschland Gmbh: 2 patents #7 of 21Top 35%
FGFlachglas Automotive Gmbh: 1 patents #3 of 8Top 40%
UNUnknown: 1 patents #29,356 of 83,584Top 40%
BTBoa Technology: 1 patents #47 of 77Top 65%
Winthrop, MA: #3 of 95 inventorsTop 4%
Massachusetts: #1,441 of 88,656 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #62,001 of 4,157,543Top 2%
46 Patents All Time
Peter Costa has been granted 46 US patents while listed as an inventor at Heartport. The first was granted in 1985 and the most recent in December 2024. Peter Costa ranks #62,001 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.5%). Patent records list Peter Costa in Winthrop, MA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 46 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12167903 Methods of smoothly articulating medical devices having multi-cluster joints James Michael Licht, Shorya Awtar, Deepak Sharma, Zachary ZIMMERMAN, Bruce K. Johnson +4 more 2024-12-17
11896255 End-effector jaw closure transmission systems for remote access tools Zachary ZIMMERMAN, Shorya Awtar, Bruce K. Johnson, Christopher K. HOLMES, Ryan Brook Rank +2 more 2024-02-13
10959797 Medical devices having smoothly articulating multi-cluster joints James Michael Licht, Shorya Awtar, Deepak Sharma, Zachary ZIMMERMAN, Bruce K. Johnson +4 more 2021-03-30
10933302 Chess games with chance elements 2021-03-02
9867430 Reel based closure system Gary R. Hammerslag, Mark Soderberg, Christopher K. HOLMES, Bruce K. Johnson 2018-01-16
9869339 End-effector jaw closure transmission systems for remote access tools Zachary ZIMMERMAN, Shorya Awtar, Bruce K. Johnson, Christopher K. HOLMES, Ryan Brook Rank 2018-01-16
8960676 Card game 2015-02-24
8905404 Card games 2014-12-09
8708792 Gaming device and system and method for providing poker-blackjack game 2014-04-29
8617190 Device for engaging tissue having a preexisting opening Hanson S. Gifford, III, Lee Bolduc, Jeffrey A. Stein, Paul DiCesare, William A. Holmes 2013-12-31
8398083 Card game 2013-03-19
8382113 Card game 2013-02-26
7935129 Device for engaging tissue having a preexisting opening Hanson S. Gifford, III, Lee Bolduc, Jeffrey A. Stein, Paul DiCesare, William A. Holmes 2011-05-03
7112211 Devices and methods for performing avascular anastomosis Hanson S. Gifford, III, Lee Bolduc, Jeffrey A. Stein, Paul DiCesare, William A. Holmes 2006-09-26
6984238 Devices and methods for performing avascular anastomosis Hanson S. Gifford, III, Lee Bolduc, Jeffrey A. Stein, Paul DiCesare, William A. Holmes 2006-01-10
6899718 Devices and methods for performing avascular anastomosis Hanson S. Gifford, III, Lee Bolduc, Jeffrey A. Stein, Paul DiCesare, William A. Holmes 2005-05-31
6699257 Devices and methods for performing a vascular anastomosis Hanson S. Gifford, III, Lee Bolduc, Jeffrey A. Stein, Paul DiCesare, William A. Holmes 2004-03-02
6695857 Devices and methods for performing a vascular anastomosis Hanson S. Gifford, III, Lee Bolduc, Jeffrey A. Stein, Paul DiCesare, William A. Holmes 2004-02-24
6682541 Devices and methods for performing a vascular anastomosis Hanson S. Gifford, III, Lee Bolduc, Jeffrey A. Stein, Paul DiCesare, William A. Holmes 2004-01-27
6676678 Devices and methods for performing a vascular anastomosis Hanson S. Gifford, III, Lee Bolduc, Jeffrey A. Stein, Paul DiCesare, William A. Holmes 2004-01-13
6565582 Devices and methods for performing a vascular anastomosis Hanson S. Gifford, III, Lee Bolduc, Jeffrey A. Stein, Paul DiCesare, William A. Holmes 2003-05-20
6491705 Devices and methods for performing a vascular anastomosis Hanson S. Gifford, III, Lee Bolduc, Jeffrey A. Stein, Paul DiCesare, William A. Holmes 2002-12-10
6491704 Devices and methods for performing a vascular anastomosis Hanson S. Gifford, III, Lee Bolduc, Jeffrey A. Stein, Paul DiCesare, William A. Holmes 2002-12-10
6451034 Devices and methods for performing a vascular anastomosis Hanson S. Gifford, III, Lee Bolduc, Jeffrey A. Stein, Paul DiCesare, William A. Holmes 2002-09-17
6443965 Devices and methods for performing a vascular anastomosis Hanson S. Gifford, III, Lee Bolduc, Jeffrey A. Stein, Paul DiCesare, William A. Holmes 2002-09-03