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Walter M. Blume — 42 Patents

STStereotaxis: 41 patents #2 of 52Top 4%
Webster Groves, MO: #5 of 205 inventorsTop 3%
Missouri: #215 of 23,789 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #72,062 of 4,157,543Top 2%
42 Patents All Time
Walter M. Blume has been granted 42 US patents while listed as an inventor at Stereotaxis. The first was granted in 1999 and the most recent in February 2022. Walter M. Blume ranks #72,062 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.7%). Patent records list Walter M. Blume in Webster Groves, MO, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1999 to 2022Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2009.peak 61999: 1 patents19992000: 4 patents2001: 4 patents20012002: 2 patents2003: 2 patents20032004: 2 patents2005: 1 patents20052006: 2 patents2007: 2 patents20072009: 6 patents2010: 6 patents20102011: 2 patents2012: 4 patents20122014: 3 patents2022: 1 patents2022

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 42 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11234767 Method and apparatus for automated control and steering of multiple medical devices with a single interventional remote navigation system Raju Viswanathan 2022-02-01 $6,578,000
8806359 Workflow driven display for medical procedures Jeffrey M. Garibaldi, Nathan Kastelein, Raju Viswanathan 2014-08-12 $1,193,000
8799792 Workflow driven method of performing multi-step medical procedures Jeffrey M. Garibaldi, Nathan Kastelein, Raju Viswanathan 2014-08-05 $1,508,000
8721655 Efficient closed loop feedback navigation Raju Viswanathan 2014-05-13 $4,543,000
8244824 Coordinated control for multiple computer-controlled medical systems Jeffrey M. Garibaldi, Nathan Kastelein, Raju Viswanathan 2012-08-14 $159,000
8242972 System state driven display for medical procedures Jeffrey M. Garibaldi, Nathan Kastelein, Raju Viswanathan 2012-08-14 $159,000
8135185 Location and display of occluded portions of vessels on 3-D angiographic images Jeffrey M. Garibaldi, Heather Drury, Raju Viswanathan 2012-03-13 $852,000
8088129 Method and apparatus for magnetically controlling motion direction of mechanically pushed catheter Peter R. Werp, Francis M. Creighton, Rogers C. Ritter 2012-01-03 $939,000
8024024 Remote control of medical devices using real time location data Raju Viswanathan, Ilker Tunay, Charidimos E. Gasparakis, Gareth T. Munger 2011-09-20 $1,369,000
7892233 Magnetically navigable telescoping catheter and method of navigating telescoping catheter Andrew F. Hall 2011-02-22 $2,889,000
7853306 Navigation of remotely actuable medical device using control variable and length Raju Viswanathan 2010-12-14 $2,467,000
7771415 Method for safely and efficiently navigating magnetic devices in the body Rogers C. Ritter, Bevil Hogg, Peter R. Werp, Francis M. Creighton, Roger Hastings 2010-08-10 $568,000
7769428 Navigation of remotely actuable medical device using control variable and length Raju Viswanathan 2010-08-03 $895,000
7757694 Method for safely and efficiently navigating magnetic devices in the body Rogers C. Ritter, Bevil Hogg, Peter R. Werp, Francis M. Creighton, Roger Hastings 2010-07-20 $1,187,000
7761133 Navigation of remotely actuable medical device using control variable and length Raju Viswanathan 2010-07-20 $1,187,000
7747960 Control for, and method of, operating at least two medical systems Jeffrey M. Garibaldi, Nathan Kastelein, Raju Viswanathan 2010-06-29 $2,004,000
7625382 Method and apparatus for magnetically controlling motion direction of a mechanically pushed catheter Peter R. Werp, Francis M. Creighton, Rogers C. Ritter 2009-12-01 $1,431,000
7567233 Global input device for multiple computer-controlled medical systems Jeffrey M. Garibaldi, Nathan Kastelein, Raju Viswanathan, Gery Tomassoni, Guy M. Besson 2009-07-28 $3,504,000
7540288 User interface for remote control of medical devices Raju Viswanathan, Jeffrey M. Garibaldi, John Rauch 2009-06-02 $1,199,000
7540866 User interface for remote control of medical devices Raju Viswanathan, Jeffrey M. Garibaldi, John Rauch 2009-06-02 $1,199,000
7543239 User interface for remote control of medical devices Raju Viswanathan, Jeffrey M. Garibaldi, John Rauch 2009-06-02 $1,199,000
7516416 User interface for remote control of medical devices Raju Viswanathan, Jeffrey M. Garibaldi, John Rauch 2009-04-07 $3,063,000
7264584 Method for safely and efficiently navigating magnetic devices in the body Rogers C. Ritter, Bevil Hogg, Peter R. Werp, Francis M. Creighton, Roger Hastings 2007-09-04 $4,755,000
7211082 Magnetically navigable telescoping catheter and method of navigating telescoping catheter Andrew F. Hall 2007-05-01 $4,228,000
7137976 Method for safely and efficiently navigating magnetic devices in the body Rogers C. Ritter, Bevil Hogg, Peter R. Werp, Francis M. Creighton, Roger Hastings 2006-11-21 $5,005,000