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Frank Dewaele — 13 Patents

SNSteerable Instruments Nv: 10 patents #1 of 5Top 20%
UGUniversiteit Gent: 1 patents #290 of 823Top 40%
Zevergem, BE: #5 of 59 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #362,438 of 4,157,543Top 9%
13 Patents All Time
Frank Dewaele has been granted 13 US patents while listed as an inventor at Steerable Instruments Nv. The first was granted in 2013 and the most recent in December 2023. Frank Dewaele ranks #362,438 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.7%). Patent records list Frank Dewaele in Zevergem, BE.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2013 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2023.peak 32013: 1 patents20132014: 1 patents20142016: 1 patents20162017: 2 patents20172019: 1 patents20192020: 2 patents20202021: 1 patents20212022: 1 patents20222023: 3 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–13 of 13 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
11844581 Tool with torque-actuated end effector Bart Blanckaert, Cyriel Mabilde 2023-12-19
11832997 Devices to enhance robotic arm tasks Lieven Maene, Bart Blanckaert, Cyriel Mabilde, Alain Kalmar 2023-12-05
11576735 Controllable steerable instrument Bart Blanckaert, Cyriel Mabilde, Lieven Maene, Alain Kalmar 2023-02-14
11457904 Reduced diameter steerable instrument Bart Blanckaert, Cyriel Mabilde, Lieven Maene, Alain Kalmar 2022-10-04
10962093 Torque-transmitting steering mechanism for a steerable tool Cyriel Mabilde, Bart Blanckaert, Alain Kalmar, Lieven Maene 2021-03-30
10792061 Motion amplifier for a steering mechanism of a steerable tool Cyriel Mabilde, Bart Blanckaert, Alain Kalmar, Lieven Maene 2020-10-06
10542878 Guide for steering wires for a steering mechanism for a steerable tool Cyriel Mabilde, Bart Blanckaert, Alain Kalmar, Lieven Maene 2020-01-28
10449010 Steerable tube Cyriel Mabilde, Bart Blanckaert 2019-10-22
9622729 Crosstalk reducing handle for surgical articulated instruments Bart Blanckaert, Cyriel Mabilde 2017-04-18
9579013 Steerable tube Cyriel Mabilde, Bart Blanckaert 2017-02-28
9402982 Minimally-advancing luminal catheter Edward Baert 2016-08-02
8882716 Capillary tube assembly Alain Kalmar, Bart Blanckaert, Cyriel Mabilde 2014-11-11
8398587 Steerable tube Cyriel Mabilde, Bart Blanckaert 2013-03-19