Inventor
HIGGINS JOSEPH P
US32 patents
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CARDIVASCULAR SYSTEMS
29 patentsUS10335042B2Jul 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 patentsUS12029647B2Jul 9, 2024
Systems, methods and devices for prosthetic heart valve with single valve leaflet
4C MEDICAL TECH INC3 citations73
US11957577B2Apr 16, 2024
Systems, methods and devices for delivery systems, methods and devices for implanting prosthetic heart valves
4C MEDICAL TECH INC3 citations73