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HIGGINS JOSEPH P

US32 patents
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CARDIVASCULAR SYSTEMS

29 patents
US10335042B2Jul 2, 2019

Methods, devices and systems for sensing, measuring and/or characterizing vessel and/or lesion compliance and/or elastance changes during vascular procedures

CARDIVASCULAR SYSTEMS84 citations96
US10052122B2Aug 21, 2018

Spin-to-open atherectomy device with electric motor control

CARDIVASCULAR SYSTEMS39 citations93
US11432840B2Sep 6, 2022

Rotational systems comprising a polymer driveshaft

CARDIVASCULAR SYSTEMS17 citations91
US12171993B2Dec 24, 2024

Intravascular blood pump with external motor and centrifugal force-driven expansion of impeller blades and/or expandable and collapsible impeller housing

CARDIVASCULAR SYSTEMS8 citations85
US11020582B2Jun 1, 2021

Intravascular pump with expandable region

CARDIVASCULAR SYSTEMS9 citations84
US10413318B2Sep 17, 2019

Rotational systems comprising a polymer driveshaft

CARDIVASCULAR SYSTEMS7 citations81
US10702300B2Jul 7, 2020

Methods, devices and systems for slow rotation of drive shaft driven atherectomy systems

CARDIVASCULAR SYSTEMS8 citations80
US10729833B2Aug 4, 2020

Intravascular pump with expandable region at least partially collapsible into recesses defined between impeller blades

CARDIVASCULAR SYSTEMS3 citations73
US11541224B2Jan 3, 2023

Intravascular pump without inducer and centrifugal force-driven expansion of impeller blades and/or expandable and collapsible impeller housing

CARDIVASCULAR SYSTEMS2 citations72
US11406419B2Aug 9, 2022

System, device, and method for interrupted dual action (sanding and cutting) forces with continual maceration and aspiration

CARDIVASCULAR SYSTEMS2 citations72
US10765446B2Sep 8, 2020

Systems, methods and devices for removal of thrombus and/or soft plaque

CARDIVASCULAR SYSTEMS5 citations72
US11957377B2Apr 16, 2024

Rotational systems comprising a polymer driveshaft

CARDIVASCULAR SYSTEMS1 citations70
US12296158B2May 13, 2025

Intravascular blood pump and hemodynamic support system with blood flow pulsatility validity monitoring and invalidity detection with alarm

CARDIVASCULAR SYSTEMS5 citations68
US12213698B2Feb 4, 2025

Systems, methods and devices for removal of thrombus and/or soft plaque with asymmetric mass distribution within working region of impeller

CARDIVASCULAR SYSTEMS0 citations62
US12171458B2Dec 24, 2024

System, device, and method for interrupted dual action (sanding and cutting) forces with continual maceration and aspiration

CARDIVASCULAR SYSTEMS0 citations62
US11523841B2Dec 13, 2022

Systems, methods and devices for removal of thrombus and/or soft plaque with asymmetric mass distribution within working region of impeller

CARDIVASCULAR SYSTEMS0 citations62
US11013904B2May 25, 2021

Intravascular pump with proximal and distal pressure or flow sensors and distal sensor tracking

CARDIVASCULAR SYSTEMS1 citations62
US11266437B2Mar 8, 2022

Drive shaft with metallic inner layer and polymer jacket

CARDIVASCULAR SYSTEMS0 citations61
US11141580B2Oct 12, 2021

Intravascular blood pump system with integrated conductor(s) in housing and methods thereof

CARDIVASCULAR SYSTEMS0 citations61
US11202900B2Dec 21, 2021

Intravascular pump with controls and display screen on handle

CARDIVASCULAR SYSTEMS1 citations60
US11167121B2Nov 9, 2021

Intravascular pump with integrated isolated conductor(s) and methods thereof

CARDIVASCULAR SYSTEMS1 citations60
US11110264B2Sep 7, 2021

Intravascular pump with expandable distal region

CARDIVASCULAR SYSTEMS1 citations60
US11877769B2Jan 23, 2024

Atherectomy system current sensing, processing and display

CARDIVASCULAR SYSTEMS0 citations58
US12426915B2Sep 30, 2025

Devices and methods for generating orbital motion in drive shafts for rotational medical devices

CARDIVASCULAR SYSTEMS0 citations57
US11730509B2Aug 22, 2023

Devices and methods for generating orbital motion in drive shafts for rotational medical devices

CARDIVASCULAR SYSTEMS0 citations57
US12369943B2Jul 29, 2025

Atherectomy system current sensing, processing and display

CARDIVASCULAR SYSTEMS0 citations53
US10595895B2Mar 24, 2020

Rotational medical device with airfoil

CARDIVASCULAR SYSTEMS0 citations51
US11219753B2Jan 11, 2022

Intravascular pump with expandable and collapsible inlet region and methods thereof

CARDIVASCULAR SYSTEMS0 citations50
US9750526B2Sep 5, 2017

Rotational atherectomy device with exchangeable drive shaft and meshing gears

CARDIVASCULAR SYSTEMS0 citations41

4C MEDICAL TECH INC

2 patents

4C MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC

1 patent