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Steve Charles — 13 Patents

MSMicrodexterity Systems: 4 patents #2 of 4Top 50%
Novartis Ag: 4 patents #1,111 of 5,128Top 25%
ASAlcon Surgical: 1 patents #12 of 44Top 30%
Caltech: 1 patents #2,143 of 4,321Top 50%
Memphis, TN: #137 of 1,908 inventorsTop 8%
Tennessee: #1,367 of 20,272 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #362,438 of 4,157,543Top 9%
13 Patents All Time
Steve Charles has been granted 13 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microdexterity Systems. The first was granted in 1983 and the most recent in May 2019. Steve Charles ranks #362,438 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.7%). Patent records list Steve Charles in Memphis, TN, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–13 of 13 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10285588 Mechanical support of an indirect contact lens by a surgical microscope during vitreoretinal surgery Ron Smith, Tammo Heeren 2019-05-14 $8,371,000
10238285 Contact lens mounting speculum for vitreoretinal surgery Mark Harrison Farley 2019-03-26 $10,768,000
9877648 Contact lens mounting speculum for vitreoretinal surgery Mark Harrison Farley 2018-01-30 $24,421,000
9854969 Mechanical support of an indirect contact lens by a surgical microscope during vitreoretinal surgery Ron Smith, Tammo Heeren 2018-01-02 $68,115,000
7625383 Surgical manipulator J. Michael Stuart, Larry Bronisz 2009-12-01
6723106 Surgical manipulator Robert Stoughton, J. Michael Stuart, Larry Bronisz 2004-04-20
6676669 Surgical manipulator J. Michael Stuart, Larry Bronisz 2004-01-13
6665554 Medical manipulator for use with an imaging device J. Michael Stuart 2003-12-16
6330837 Parallel mechanism Robert Stoughton 2001-12-18
5710870 Decoupled six degree-of-freedom robot manipulator Timothy R. Ohm, Curtis Boswell, Hari Das, Eric Paljug, Guillermo Rodriguez +3 more 1998-01-20
D325086 Ocular unit for eye surgery Kenneth R. Erikson, Brian Macowski, Lonnie C. Pogue 1992-03-31
4493698 Method of performing opthalmic surgery utilizing a linear intra-ocular suction device Carl Wang, Joseph T. Buckingham 1985-01-15 $977,000
4395258 Linear intra-ocular suction device Carl Wang, Joseph T. Buckingham 1983-07-26