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John B. Clayton
Also filed as: CLAYTON IV JOHN B · CLAYTON JOHN B · CLAYTON JOHN CHRISTOPHER
43 granted patents·11 pending applications·13,628 citations·filing 1981–2024
99Inventor score
Files withMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC12SDGI HOLDINGS INC10SURGICAL NAVIGATION TECH6FOLEY KEVIN T4WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC4
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54 records- 0198US6167145ABone navigation systemSURGICAL NAVIGATION TECH·Filed 1996·Granted Dec 26, 2000·437 cites·20 claims
- 0297USRE44305EPercutaneous registration apparatus and method for use in computer-assisted surgical navigationFOLEY KEVIN T·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 18, 2013·321 cites·43 claims
- 0397USRE42226EPercutaneous registration apparatus and method for use in computer-assisted surgical navigationMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 15, 2011·297 cites·73 claims
- 0497USRE42194EPercutaneous registration apparatus and method for use in computer-assisted surgical navigationMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 1, 2011·280 cites·73 claims
- 0597US7835784B2Method and apparatus for positioning a reference frameMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 16, 2010·437 cites·61 claims
- 0697US6520907B1Methods for accessing the spinal columnSDGI HOLDINGS INC·Filed 1999·Granted Feb 18, 2003·817 cites·133 claims
- 0797US5902231ADevices and methods for percutaneous surgerySDGI HOLDINGS INC·Filed 1996·Granted May 11, 1999·839 cites·52 claims
- 0897US5792044ADevices and methods for percutaneous surgeryDANEK MEDICAL INC·Filed 1996·Granted Aug 11, 1998·1.1k cites·37 claims
- 0996US8467851B2Method and apparatus for positioning a reference frameMIRE DAVID A·Filed 2010·Granted Jun 18, 2013·354 cites·21 claims
- 1096US6226548B1Percutaneous registration apparatus and method for use in computer-assisted surgical navigationSURGICAL NAVIGATION TECH·Filed 1998·Granted May 1, 2001·806 cites·20 claims
- 1195US8706185B2Method and apparatus for surgical navigation of a multiple piece construct for implantationFOLEY KEVIN T·Filed 2010·Granted Apr 22, 2014·319 cites·22 claims
- 1295US6491699B1Instrument guidance method and system for image guided surgerySURGICAL NAVIGATION TECH·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 10, 2002·482 cites·8 claims
- 1395US6434507B1Medical instrument and method for use with computer-assisted image guided surgerySURGICAL NAVIGATION TECH·Filed 2000·Granted Aug 13, 2002·755 cites·51 claims
- 1495US5954635ADevices and methods for percutaneous surgerySDGI HOLDINGS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 21, 1999·620 cites·34 claims
- 1594US8239001B2Method and apparatus for surgical navigationVERARD LAURENT G·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 7, 2012·416 cites·40 claims
- 1694US7835778B2Method and apparatus for surgical navigation of a multiple piece construct for implantationMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 16, 2010·476 cites·81 claims
- 1794US6425859B1Cannula and a retractor for percutaneous surgerySDGI HOLDINGS INC·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 30, 2002·480 cites·38 claims
- 1894US6217509B1Devices and methods for percutaneous surgerySDGI HOLDINGS INC·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 17, 2001·599 cites·11 claims
- 1993US7567834B2Method and apparatus for implantation between two vertebral bodiesMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2004·Granted Jul 28, 2009·392 cites·63 claims
- 2092US7987001B2Surgical navigational and neuromonitoring instrumentWARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 26, 2011·106 cites·17 claims
- 2192US6298262B1Instrument guidance for stereotactic surgeryNEUTAR LLC·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 2, 2001·388 cites·32 claims
- 2292US6206822B1Devices and methods for percutaneous surgerySDGI HOLDINGS INC·Filed 1999·Granted Mar 27, 2001·373 cites·30 claims
- 2392US6152871AApparatus for percutaneous surgerySDGI HOLDINGS INC·Filed 1998·Granted Nov 28, 2000·622 cites·68 claims
- 2491US6007487ATissue retractor for use through a cannulaSDGI HOLDINGS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Dec 28, 1999·337 cites·22 claims
- 2590US7217276B2Instrument guidance method and system for image guided surgerySURGICAL NAVIGATIONAL TECHNOLO·Filed 2002·Granted May 15, 2007·266 cites·32 claims
- 2688US7993378B2Methods for percutaneous spinal surgeryWARSAW ORTHOPEDIC IN·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 9, 2011·42 cites·42 claims
- 2787US8845655B2Instrument guide systemHENDERSON JAIMIE·Filed 2010·Granted Sep 30, 2014·34 cites·23 claims
- 2886US7953471B2Method and apparatus for implantation between two vertebral bodiesMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2009·Granted May 31, 2011·74 cites·33 claims
- 2985US6176823B1Fixture for supporting a viewing element within a cannulaSDGI HOLDINGS INC·Filed 1998·Granted Jan 23, 2001·267 cites·31 claims
- 3085US6162170ADevices and methods for percutaneous surgerySDGI HOLDINGS INC·Filed 1999·Granted Dec 19, 2000·278 cites·11 claims
- 3184USRE39133EPercutaneous registration apparatus and method for use in computer-assisted surgical navigationSURGICAL NAVIGATION TECH·Filed 2003·Granted Jun 13, 2006·88 cites·63 claims
- 3283US11331150B2Method and apparatus for surgical navigationMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2016·Granted May 17, 2022·5 cites·20 claims
- 3383USRE45509EPercutaneous registration apparatus and method for use in computer-assisted surgical navigationMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2013·Granted May 5, 2015·9 cites·45 claims
- 3482US6482182B1Anchoring system for a brain leadSURGICAL NAVIGATION TECH·Filed 1999·Granted Nov 19, 2002·201 cites·22 claims
- 3580US5875234AComputer integrated PBX systemNETPHONE INC·Filed 1996·Granted Feb 23, 1999·73 cites·21 claims
- 3677US6681001B1Computer integrated telecommunications systems and methodsNORTEL NETWORKS LTD·Filed 1998·Granted Jan 20, 2004·53 cites·21 claims
- 3775US2024315782A1System And Method For Performing And Evaluating A ProcedureMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 3873US4476527ASynchronous data bus with automatically variable data rateDATA GENERAL CORP·Filed 1981·Granted Oct 9, 1984·42 cites·6 claims
- 3969US7776056B2Instrument guide systemMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 17, 2010·6 cites·41 claims
- 4068US12004818B2System and method for performing and evaluating a procedureMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2021·Granted Jun 11, 2024·0 cites·6 claims
- 4168US5309330ALight boxCITATION MEDICAL CORP·Filed 1993·Granted May 3, 1994·33 cites·23 claims
- 4258US11026752B2System and method for performing and evaluating a procedureMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2018·Granted Jun 8, 2021·0 cites·21 claims
- 4358US5351678AEndoscope scope assembly for full hemisphere viewCITATION MEDICAL CORP·Filed 1992·Granted Oct 4, 1994·80 cites·20 claims
- 4454US5456245AFlexible endoscope probe and method of manufactureSOFAMOR DANEK PROPERTIES INC·Filed 1993·Granted Oct 10, 1995·67 cites·12 claims
- 4551US2005277832A1Percutaneous registration apparatus and method for use in computer-assisted surgical navigationFOLEY KEVIN T·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 4651US2006009780A1Percutaneous registration apparatus and method for use in computer-assisted surgical navigationFOLEY KEVIN T·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 4747US2021275274A1Fixed Camera Apparatus, System, and Method for Facilitating Image-Guided SurgeryCLAYTON JOHN B·Filed 2020·Application pending·0 cites
- 4846US2008183068A1Integrated Visualization of Surgical Navigational and Neural Monitoring InformationWARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 4946US2003139648A1Devices and methods for percutaneous surgeryFiled 2003·Application pending·0 cites
- 5046US2008183188A1Integrated Surgical Navigational and Neuromonitoring SystemWARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
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