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Michael Sims — 8 Patents

UNUnknown: 4 patents #4,220 of 83,584Top 6%
Montara, CA: #29 of 91 inventorsTop 35%
California: #74,834 of 386,348 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #600,572 of 4,157,543Top 15%
8 Patents All Time
Michael Sims has been granted 8 US patents while listed as an inventor at Unknown. The first was granted in 1983 and the most recent in May 2016. Michael Sims ranks #600,572 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 14.4%). Patent records list Michael Sims in Montara, CA, US.

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Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
9326851 Automatic suture fixation apparatus for minimally invasive surgery J. Donald Hill, Geoff Briggs, Cameron D. Hinman 2016-05-03
8828033 Methods, systems, and apparatus for performing minimally invasive coronary artery bypass graft surgery J. Donald Hill, Geoffrey Briggs, John F. Cvinar, Andy H. Levine, Eric E. May +1 more 2014-09-09
7927343 Methods, systems, and apparatus for performing minimally invasive coronary artery bypass graft surgery J. Donald Hill, Geoffrey Briggs, John F. Cvinar, Andy H. Levine, Eric E. May +1 more 2011-04-19
7670370 Automatic suture fixation apparatus and method for minimally invasive cardiac surgery J. Donald Hill, Geoff Briggs, Cameron D. Hinman 2010-03-02
7591827 Conduit coupling devices and methods for employing such devices J. Donald Hill, Geoffrey Briggs, Andy H. Levine, Eric E. May, John C. Meade 2009-09-22
7175659 Automatic suture fixation apparatus and method for minimally invasive cardiac surgery J. Donald Hill, Geoff Briggs, Cameron D. Hinman 2007-02-13
7122040 Suture placement apparatus John Donald Hill, Geoff Briggs, Richard C. Fortier, Denis LaBombard, Gary Whipple 2006-10-17
4389187 Extended holder for a lighter 1983-06-21