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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.

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Examiner: Troung, Kevin


Primary examiner statistics: 140 patents; average approval time: 1562 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 14 patents; average approval time: 660 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7458980 Devices and methods for preventing distal embolization using flow...
7458977 Surgical navigation instrument useful in marking anatomical struc...
7458985 Spiral stent assembly
7455687 Polymer link hybrid stent
7455679 Surgical elongate blade assembly with interchangeable inner membe...
7455675 Device and method for withdrawing a tubular body part
7452367 Method and apparatus for transplanting a hair graft
7452368 System for holding surgical fasteners
7445623 Occlusive device for medical or surgical use
7431714 Reduced slippage balloon catheter and method of using same
7422571 Releasably locking dilator and sheath assembly
7419498 Quick release knot attachment system
7419493 Scleral depressor
7413570 Medical closure screen installation systems and methods
7413571 Flexible medical closure screen and method
7396335 Method and apparatus for deflecting a screw-in lead
7390315 Molded trocar latch
7387636 Catheter apparatus and methodology for generating a fistula on-de...
7387637 Surgical knife safety handle
7384424 Distal protection devices having controllable wire motion
7384427 Stent
7371257 Stent lining
7371249 Temporary intraluminal filter guidewire and methods of use
7367980 Introducer sheath stabilizer
7367982 Method for opening a lumen in an occluded blood vessel
7351251 Simulated breast pacifying comfort aide system
7344552 Mechanical coupling device for removably attaching a gem or a cry...
7344550 Clot removal device
7344551 Cannula with associated filter and methods of use during cardiac ...
7344549 Expandable cages for embolic filtering devices
7338514 Closure devices, related delivery methods and tools, and related ...
7338509 Electroactive polymer actuated sheath for implantable or insertab...
7335209 Plunger needle for an intraocular lens injector
7335185 Protective coatings for medical devices
7335225 Stent configurations
7335184 Balloon catheter and treatment apparatus
7335218 Delivery device for leaflet valve
7331967 Surgical instrument coupling mechanism
7331978 Laparoscopic surgical instrument and method
7331979 Apparatus and methods for sealing a vascular puncture

Patents as Assistant Examiner

Patent No. Patent Title:
6290709 Transmyocardial revascularization catheter and assembly
6273895 Method of measuring a body cavity
6152943 Methods and apparatus for intraluminal deposition of hydrogels
6152938 Device for opening blocked tubes
5951569 Stent delivery system
5899913 Methods and devices for blood vessel harvesting
5863294 Folded-end surgical tubular cutter and method for fabrication
5843116 Focalized intraluminal balloons
5827178 Laryngoscope for use in trachea intubation
5776155 Methods and devices for attaching and detaching transmission comp...
5759171 Sprayer for fibrin glue
5735867 Working cannula for arthroscopy
5653720 Surgical clip and method of assembly
5645554 Trephinator for treating subungual hematomas
 
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