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Robert Smith — 20 Patents

NUNupulse: 7 patents #1 of 4Top 25%
LTL•Vad Technology: 6 patents #4 of 15Top 30%
NUNupulsecv: 6 patents #1 of 15Top 7%
NUNorth Carolina State University: 1 patents #675 of 1,607Top 45%
Grosse Ile Township, MI: #15 of 234 inventorsTop 7%
Michigan: #4,078 of 86,293 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #214,803 of 4,157,543Top 6%
20 Patents All Time
Robert Smith has been granted 20 US patents while listed as an inventor at Nupulse. The first was granted in 2010 and the most recent in October 2025. Robert Smith ranks #214,803 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.2%). Patent records list Robert Smith in Grosse Ile Township, MI, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–20 of 20 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12453367 Alternating patterns in cigarette wrapper, smoking article and method Timothy S. Sherwood, Marc W. Rose, Tyrone W. Murray 2025-10-28
12178586 Predictive QRS detection and R-to-R timing systems and methods Nagarjuna Reddy Chinta, Ryan McCormick, Douglas E. Ivers, Cranos M. Williams, Divyakumar Mahiman Badheka +3 more 2024-12-31
12156978 Intravascularly delivered blood pumps and associated devices, systems, and methods Guruprasad A. Giridharan, Duane Pinto, Joshua Ryan Woolley, Brian Novack, Douglas Altschuler 2024-12-03
11684768 Blood pump assembly and method of use thereof Valluvan Jeevanandam 2023-06-27
11285313 Predictive QRS detection and R-to-R timing systems and methods Nagarjuna Reddy Chinta, Ryan McCormick, Douglas E. Ivers, Cranos M. Williams, Divyakumar Mahiman Badheka +3 more 2022-03-29
11135420 Introducer assembly and method of use thereof Valluvan Jeevanandam 2021-10-05
10518009 Introducer assembly and method of use thereof Valluvan Jeevanandam 2019-12-31
9694122 Rigid body aortic blood pump implant Adrian Kantrowitz, Valluvan Jeevanandam, Allen B. Kantrowitz, Paul S. Freed 2017-07-04
9592328 Skin interface device for cardiac assist device Valluvan Jeevanandam, Roger William Snyder, Paul DeDecker 2017-03-14
9433715 Stable aortic blood pump implant Adrian Kantrowitz 2016-09-06
9265871 Skin interface device for cardiac assist device Valluvan Jeevanandam, Roger William Snyder, Paul DeDecker 2016-02-23
8721515 Rigid body aortic blood pump implant Adrian Kantrowitz, Valluvan Jeevanandam, Allen B. Kantrowitz, Paul S. Freed 2014-05-13
8684905 Intra-aortic balloon pump assembly for ventricular assist device Valluvan Jeevanandam, Roger William Snyder, Paul DeDecker 2014-04-01
8608637 Internal drive line for ventricular assist device Valluvan Jeevanandam, Roger William Snyder, Paul DeDecker 2013-12-17
8540618 Stable aortic blood pump implant Adrian Kantrowski 2013-09-24
8326421 Ventricular assist device Valluvan Jeevanandam, Roger William Snyder, Paul DeDecker 2012-12-04
8323174 Skin interface for ventricular assist device Valluvan Jeevanandam, Roger William Snyder, Paul DeDecker 2012-12-04
8070668 Controlled inflation of a pneumatic L-VAD Roger William Snyder, Paul DeDecker 2011-12-06
8066628 Intra-aortic balloon pump and driver Valluvan Jeevanandam, Roger William Snyder, Paul DeDecker 2011-11-29
7846083 Left ventricle assist device (LVAD) Roger William Snyder, Adrian Kantrowitz, Allen B. Kantrowitz 2010-12-07