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Howard Root — 33 Patents

VSVacular Solutions: 22 patents #1 of 41Top 3%
TSTeleflex Innovations S.À.R.L.: 6 patents #2 of 20Top 10%
TSTeleflex Life Sciences: 5 patents #20 of 137Top 15%
UNUnknown: 1 patents #29,356 of 83,584Top 40%
Minneapolis, MN: #118 of 6,114 inventorsTop 2%
Minnesota: #1,717 of 52,454 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #105,480 of 4,157,543Top 3%
33 Patents All Time
Howard Root has been granted 33 US patents while listed as an inventor at Vacular Solutions. The first was granted in 2004 and the most recent in March 2022. Howard Root ranks #105,480 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.5%). Patent records list Howard Root in Minneapolis, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2004 to 2022Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2012.peak 52004: 1 patents20042008: 1 patents2009: 1 patents20092011: 3 patents2012: 5 patents20122014: 1 patents2015: 4 patents20152016: 3 patents2017: 3 patents20172018: 2 patents2019: 4 patents20192020: 3 patents2021: 1 patents20212022: 1 patents2022

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 33 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11279510 System and method for freeze-drying and packaging Stephen Anthony Penegor, James Murto 2022-03-22
10882654 System and method for freeze-drying and packaging Stephen Anthony Penegor, James Murto 2021-01-05
10864355 Perfusion catheters and related methods Chad J. Kugler, Dean Peterson, Joshua Brenizer 2020-12-15
10835283 Catheter John Bridgeman, Steve Michael, Gregg Sutton, Karl V. Ganske 2020-11-17
10729454 Guidewire capture Dean Peterson, Joshua Brenizer 2020-08-04
10456160 Stenotic region scoring assembly and method 2019-10-29
10391282 Guidewires and methods for percutaneous occlusion crossing John Bridgeman 2019-08-27
10377520 System and method for freeze-drying and packaging Stephen Anthony Penegor, James Murto 2019-08-13
RE47379 Coaxial guide catheter for interventional cardiology procedures Gregg Sutton, Jeffrey Welch, Jason M. Garrity 2019-05-07
10159821 Perfusion catheters and related methods Chad J. Kugler, Dean Peterson, Joshua Brenizer 2018-12-25
9968763 Perfusion catheters and related methods Chad J. Kugler, Dean Peterson, Joshua Brenizer 2018-05-15
9782561 Catheter tip Chad J. Kugler, John Bridgeman, Derek Stratton, Steve Michael 2017-10-10
9636477 Catheter John Bridgeman, Steve Michael 2017-05-02
9561893 System and method for freeze-drying and packaging Stephen Anthony Penegor, James Murto 2017-02-07 $6,592,000
9522253 Drainage or feeding catheter assembly Eric Gandras, Dean Peterson 2016-12-20 $8,143,000
RE46116 Coaxial guide catheter for interventional cardiology procedures Gregg Sutton, Jeffrey Welch, Jason M. Garrity 2016-08-23
9351736 Elongated expandable member for occluding varicose veins James Murto, Stephen Anthony Penegor, Gregg Sutton 2016-05-31 $3,131,000
RE45776 Coaxial guide catheter for interventional cardiology procedures Gregg Sutton, Jeffrey Welch, Jason M. Garrity 2015-10-27
RE45760 Coaxial guide catheter for interventional cardiology procedures Gregg Sutton, Jeffrey Welch, Jason M. Garrity 2015-10-20
9078991 Vascular dilator systems, kits, and methods Doug Fraser, Thomas J. Holman, Deepa Deepa 2015-07-14 $2,708,000
RE45380 Coaxial guide catheter for interventional cardiology procedures Gregg Sutton, Jeffrey Welch, Jason M. Garrity 2015-02-17
8758427 Elongated expandable member for occluding varicose veins James Murto, Stephen Anthony Penegor, Gregg Sutton 2014-06-24 $2,498,000
8298215 Guidewire tipped laser fiber Kenneth Zinn, Jeff Welch 2012-10-30
8292850 Coaxial guide catheter for interventional cardiology procedures Gregg Sutton, Jeffrey Welch, Jason M. Garrity 2012-10-23 $1,789,000
8252022 Metal vascular aperture closure device Tom Holman, Jeff Welch 2012-08-28 $1,630,000