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Maurice M. Smith
Also filed as: SMITH MAURICE M · SMITH MAURICE MELL
26 granted patents·2 pending applications·7,860 citations·filing 1986–2015
98Inventor score
Files withSDGI HOLDINGS INC11WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC11BIOTECH RESEARCH LAB INC1DANEK MEDICAL INC1SMITH MAURICE M1
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28 records- 0197US6520907B1Methods for accessing the spinal columnSDGI HOLDINGS INC·Filed 1999·Granted Feb 18, 2003·817 cites·133 claims
- 0297US5902231ADevices and methods for percutaneous surgerySDGI HOLDINGS INC·Filed 1996·Granted May 11, 1999·839 cites·52 claims
- 0397US5792044ADevices and methods for percutaneous surgeryDANEK MEDICAL INC·Filed 1996·Granted Aug 11, 1998·1.1k cites·37 claims
- 0495US6679833B2Devices and methods for percutaneous surgerySDGI HOLDINGS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jan 20, 2004·610 cites·34 claims
- 0595US5954635ADevices and methods for percutaneous surgerySDGI HOLDINGS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 21, 1999·620 cites·34 claims
- 0694US7261688B2Devices and methods for percutaneous tissue retraction and surgeryWARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 28, 2007·292 cites·71 claims
- 0794US6425859B1Cannula and a retractor for percutaneous surgerySDGI HOLDINGS INC·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 30, 2002·480 cites·38 claims
- 0894US6217509B1Devices and methods for percutaneous surgerySDGI HOLDINGS INC·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 17, 2001·599 cites·11 claims
- 0992US6206822B1Devices and methods for percutaneous surgerySDGI HOLDINGS INC·Filed 1999·Granted Mar 27, 2001·373 cites·30 claims
- 1092US6152871AApparatus for percutaneous surgerySDGI HOLDINGS INC·Filed 1998·Granted Nov 28, 2000·622 cites·68 claims
- 1191US6007487ATissue retractor for use through a cannulaSDGI HOLDINGS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Dec 28, 1999·337 cites·22 claims
- 1290US7198598B2Devices and methods for percutaneous surgeryWARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 3, 2007·263 cites·26 claims
- 1388US7993378B2Methods for percutaneous spinal surgeryWARSAW ORTHOPEDIC IN·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 9, 2011·42 cites·42 claims
- 1485US6176823B1Fixture for supporting a viewing element within a cannulaSDGI HOLDINGS INC·Filed 1998·Granted Jan 23, 2001·267 cites·31 claims
- 1585US6162170ADevices and methods for percutaneous surgerySDGI HOLDINGS INC·Filed 1999·Granted Dec 19, 2000·278 cites·11 claims
- 1684US7988624B2Devices and methods for percutaneous tissue retraction and surgeryWARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 2, 2011·21 cites·11 claims
- 1781US7556601B2Systems and techniques for illuminating a surgical spaceWARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC·Filed 2003·Granted Jul 7, 2009·128 cites·31 claims
- 1880US7674265B2Minimally invasive instruments and methods for preparing vertebral endplatesWARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 9, 2010·100 cites·42 claims
- 1980US7223233B2Systems and techniques for illuminating a surgical spaceWARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC·Filed 2003·Granted May 29, 2007·90 cites·42 claims
- 2071US7981030B2Devices and methods for percutaneous tissue retraction and surgeryWARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 19, 2011·5 cites·15 claims
- 2170USRE46134EDevices and methods for percutaneous tissue retraction and surgeryWARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC·Filed 2015·Granted Sep 6, 2016·1 cites·15 claims
- 2269US7959651B2Systems and techniques for illuminating a surgical spaceWARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC·Filed 2007·Granted Jun 14, 2011·5 cites·21 claims
- 2357USRE46403EDevices and methods for percutaneous tissue retraction and surgeryWARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC·Filed 2015·Granted May 16, 2017·0 cites·71 claims
- 2457USRE46148EDevices and methods for percutaneous tissue retraction and surgeryWARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC·Filed 2015·Granted Sep 20, 2016·0 cites·11 claims
- 2554US8460296B2Minimally invasive instruments and methods for preparing vertebral endplatesSMITH MAURICE M·Filed 2010·Granted Jun 11, 2013·1 cites·20 claims
- 2654US4738177APrecision cutting instrument for preparing immunoassay stripsBIOTECH RESEARCH LAB INC·Filed 1986·Granted Apr 19, 1988·13 cites·7 claims
- 2746US2003139648A1Devices and methods for percutaneous surgeryFiled 2003·Application pending·0 cites
- 2841US2004176763A1Methods for percutaneous surgeryFiled 2003·Application pending·0 cites
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