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Norman S. Gordon
Also filed as: GORDON NORMAN · GORDON NORMAN S
38 granted patents·4 pending applications·11,021 citations·filing 1992–2021
99Inventor score
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42 records- 0197US5364408AEndoscopic suture systemLAURUS MEDICAL CORP·Filed 1992·Granted Nov 15, 1994·1.1k cites·13 claims
- 0296US6660008B1Method and apparatus for attaching connective tissues to bone using a suture anchoring deviceOPUS MEDICAL INC·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 9, 2003·1.3k cites·17 claims
- 0396US6048351ATransvaginal suturing systemSCIMED LIFE SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1998·Granted Apr 11, 2000·926 cites·26 claims
- 0495US7090690B2Devices and methods for repairing soft tissueARTHROCARE CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 15, 2006·527 cites·20 claims
- 0595US6770084B1Suture capture deviceOPUS MEDICAL INC·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 3, 2004·517 cites·18 claims
- 0694US7682374B2Knotless suture lock and bone anchor implant methodARTHROCARE CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 23, 2010·209 cites·19 claims
- 0794US7637926B2Method and apparatus for attaching connective tissues to bone using a knotless suture anchoring deviceARTHROCARE CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 29, 2009·124 cites·25 claims
- 0894US5713910ANeedle guidance system for endoscopic suture deviceLAURUS MEDICAL CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Feb 3, 1998·748 cites·48 claims
- 0993US6547800B2Method and apparatus for attaching connective tissues to bone using a cortical bone anchoring deviceOPUS MEDICAL INC·Filed 2001·Granted Apr 15, 2003·334 cites·33 claims
- 1093US5578044AEndoscopic suture systemLAURUS MEDICAL CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Nov 26, 1996·537 cites·15 claims
- 1192US8317829B2Method and apparatus for attaching connective tissues to bone using a knotless suture anchoring deviceFOERSTER SETH·Filed 2012·Granted Nov 27, 2012·72 cites·26 claims
- 1292US8133258B2Method and apparatus for attaching connective tissues to bone using a knotless suture anchoring deviceFOERSTER SETH·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 13, 2012·121 cites·9 claims
- 1392US5817033ANeedle core biopsy deviceFiled 1996·Granted Oct 6, 1998·597 cites·22 claims
- 1492US5540704AEndoscopic suture systemLAURUS MEDICAL CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Jul 30, 1996·691 cites·27 claims
- 1589US7033370B2Suturing instruments and methods of useBOSTON SCIENT SCIMED INC·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 25, 2006·196 cites·8 claims
- 1689US6855157B2Method and apparatus for attaching connective tissues to bone using a knotless suture anchoring deviceARTHROCARE CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 15, 2005·210 cites·37 claims
- 1789US5741277AEndoscopic suture systemLAURUS MEDICAL CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Apr 21, 1998·454 cites·14 claims
- 1889US5662664AEndoscopic suture systemLAURUS MEDICAL CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Sep 2, 1997·346 cites·13 claims
- 1989US5575800AEndoscopic suture systemLAURUS MEDICAL CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Nov 19, 1996·315 cites·16 claims
- 2088US7060077B2Suturing instruments and methods of useBOSTON SCIENT SCIMED INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 13, 2006·181 cites·16 claims
- 2188US5458609ASurgical needle and retainer systemLAURUS MEDICAL CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Oct 17, 1995·395 cites·1 claims
- 2287US8105343B2Independent suture tensioning and snaring apparatusWHITE GEORGE W·Filed 2009·Granted Jan 31, 2012·36 cites·13 claims
- 2386US10383617B2Graft suspension deviceSMITH & NEPHEW INC·Filed 2017·Granted Aug 20, 2019·6 cites·23 claims
- 2484US6346111B1Suturing instruments and methods of useSCIMED LIFE SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1999·Granted Feb 12, 2002·278 cites·17 claims
- 2582US7879048B2Suture capture deviceARTHROCARE CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 1, 2011·117 cites·19 claims
- 2680US8834495B2Independent suture tensioning and snaring apparatusWHITE GEORGE W·Filed 2009·Granted Sep 16, 2014·16 cites·11 claims
- 2780US5700272AEndoscopic suture systemLAURUS MEDICAL CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Dec 23, 1997·205 cites·9 claims
- 2879US5741279AEndoscopic suture systemLAURUS MEDICAL CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Apr 21, 1998·215 cites·10 claims
- 2978US8617186B2Independent suture tensioning and snaring apparatusWHITE GEORGE W·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 31, 2013·7 cites·12 claims
- 3076US5971939ANeedle core biopsy deviceLAURUS MEDICAL CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Oct 26, 1999·201 cites·5 claims
- 3175US8828029B2Independent suture tensioning and snaring apparatusWHITE GEORGE W·Filed 2009·Granted Sep 9, 2014·9 cites·11 claims
- 3275US7674274B2Method and apparatus for attaching connective tissues to bone using a cortical bone anchoring deviceARTHROCARE CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 9, 2010·60 cites·18 claims
- 3368US9636101B2Bone anchor having an integrated stress isolatorWOLF STEVEN·Filed 2012·Granted May 2, 2017·6 cites·17 claims
- 3468US8562629B2Suture device having selective needle actuation and related methodBAIN GREGORY·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 22, 2013·14 cites·17 claims
- 3563US10959719B2Graft suspension deviceSMITH & NEPHEW INC·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 30, 2021·0 cites·23 claims
- 3663US2021186483A1Graft suspension deviceSMITH & NEPHEW INC·Filed 2021·Application pending·0 cites
- 3762US10463364B2Independent suture tensioning and snaring apparatusARTHROCARE CORP·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 5, 2019·0 cites·20 claims
- 3858US9687219B2Independent suture tensioning and snaring apparatusARTHROCARE CORP·Filed 2014·Granted Jun 27, 2017·0 cites·17 claims
- 3958US9301744B2Independent suture tensioning and snaring apparatusARTHROCARE CORP·Filed 2014·Granted Apr 5, 2016·0 cites·6 claims
- 4050US2006271105A1Devices and methods for repairing soft tissueFOERSTER SETH A·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 4145US2006271060A1Threaded knotless suture anchoring device and methodARTHROCARE CORP·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 4243US2004236336A1Method and apparatus for attaching connective tissues to bone using a suture anchoring deviceOPUS MEDICAL INC·Filed 2003·Application pending·0 cites
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