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Michael Castro — 15 Patents

MEMedrobotics: 7 patents #3 of 30Top 10%
USUnited States Surgical: 5 patents #116 of 487Top 25%
HOHowmedica Osteonics: 2 patents #266 of 595Top 45%
HOHowmedica: 1 patents #58 of 135Top 45%
Plymouth, MA: #21 of 198 inventorsTop 15%
Massachusetts: #8,211 of 88,656 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #307,048 of 4,157,543Top 8%
15 Patents All Time
Michael Castro has been granted 15 US patents while listed as an inventor at Medrobotics. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in December 2019. Michael Castro ranks #307,048 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 7.4%). Patent records list Michael Castro in Plymouth, MA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–15 of 15 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10492769 Oral retraction devices and methods Joseph Karcsmar, R. Maxwell Flaherty, J. Christopher Flaherty 2019-12-03
10342559 Articulating surgical tools and tool sheaths, and methods of deploying the same J. Christopher Flaherty 2019-07-09
10016187 Articulating surgical instruments and method of deploying the same 2018-07-10
10004568 Articulating robotic probes Joseph Karcsmar, R. Maxwell Flaherty, J. Christopher Flaherty 2018-06-26
9962179 Articulating surgical tools and tool sheaths, and methods of deploying the same J. Christopher Flaherty 2018-05-08
9675380 Surgical tool positioning system Christopher P. DeGeorge, J. Christopher Flaherty, R. Maxwell Flaherty, Arnold Oyola, Joseph A. Stand, III +1 more 2017-06-13
9517059 Articulating surgical instruments and method of deploying the same 2016-12-13
7303584 Modular implant for fusing adjacent bone structure Herb Cohen, David Nichols, R. Graham 2007-12-04
6899734 Modular implant for fusing adjacent bone structure Herb Cohen, David Nichols, Scott R. Graham 2005-05-31
6783547 Apparatus for fusing adjacent bone structures 2004-08-31 $304,318,000
5755732 Surgical instruments useful for endoscopic spinal procedures David T. Green, Salvatore Castro, Carlo A. Mililli, Keith Ratcliff 1998-05-26 $14,043,000
5620458 Surgical instruments useful for endoscopic spinal procedures David T. Green, Salvatore Castro, Carlo A. Mililli, Keith Ratcliff 1997-04-15 $19,574,000
5520704 Everting forceps with locking mechanism Kenneth E. Toso 1996-05-28 $6,031,000
5470338 Instrument for closing trocar puncture wounds Kenneth H. Whitfield, Ian Michael Scott 1995-11-28 $2,582,000
5312420 Surgical apparatus for removing fasteners Kenneth E. Toso 1994-05-17 $2,710,000