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Examiner: Truong, Kevin T


Primary examiner statistics: 328 patents; average approval time: 330 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 0 patents; average approval time: N/A

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
8187286 Apparatus and method for compressing body tissue
8182503 Prostate massage apparatus
8182523 Stent delivery system with improved retraction member
8182519 Method for performing minimally invasive surgury
8182507 Vascular protection devices and methods of use
8172874 Nipple
8172862 Polymer covered vaso-occlusive devices and methods of producing s...
8163008 Leaflet valve
8162969 Intragastric device
8162957 Tissue processing system
8157817 Surgical instrument
8147514 Apparatus and method for securing a portion of a body
8147512 Dual closing guide for a surgical instrument
8147538 Covered stent
8147502 Gastric coil manipulator
8142456 Braid-ball embolic devices
8142367 Method and apparatus for deflecting a screw-in lead
8142442 Snare
8137377 Embolic basket
8137362 Cranial burr hold plug and insertion tool
8133248 Methods and devices for blood vessel harvesting
8133259 Pacifier
8133249 Devices and methods for stricture dilation
8128982 Extrusion process for coating stents
8128654 Apparatus and methods for sealing a vascular puncture
8128648 Chest drainage and apparatus for the insertion thereof
8123801 Implantation system for annuloplasty rings
8123759 Introducer sheath stabilizer
8118818 Method and device for computer assisted distal locking of intrame...
8118829 Clot removal device
8114115 Support frame for an embolic protection device
8109939 System and method for removing an implanted catheter from a patie...
8109989 Helical stent design
8105333 Systems, methods and devices for removing obstructions from a blo...
8092489 Tissue grasping apparatus
8092519 Endovascular aneurysm repair system
8088132 Anastomotic outlet revision
8088157 Methods and apparatus for stenting comprising enhanced embolic pr...
8083762 Distal protection devices having controllable wire motion
8083751 Scleral depressor

Patents as Assistant Examiner

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