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Thomas L. Foster
Also filed as: FOSTER THOMAS L
16 granted patents·5 pending applications·3,637 citations·filing 1989–2008
97Inventor score
Files withVANCE PRODUCTS INC12COOK UROLOGICAL INC4COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC1STAMPER MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES I1
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21 records- 0196US5081997AEchogenic devices, material and methodVANCE PRODUCTS INC·Filed 1989·Granted Jan 21, 1992·449 cites·98 claims
- 0292US5290249ASurgical access sheathVANCE PRODUCTS INC·Filed 1992·Granted Mar 1, 1994·398 cites·20 claims
- 0388US5488958ASurgical cutting instrument for coring tissue affixed theretoVANCE PRODUCTS INC·Filed 1994·Granted Feb 6, 1996·517 cites·5 claims
- 0483US6893450B2Minimally-invasive medical retrieval deviceCOOK UROLOGICAL INC·Filed 2001·Granted May 17, 2005·153 cites·11 claims
- 0583US5989266AMedical device including basketFiled 1998·Granted Nov 23, 1999·247 cites·20 claims
- 0682US5053043ASuture guide and method of placing sutures through a severed ductVANCE PRODUCTS INC·Filed 1990·Granted Oct 1, 1991·313 cites·20 claims
- 0781US6464710B1Releasable, surgical clampCOOK UROLOGICAL INC·Filed 1997·Granted Oct 15, 2002·287 cites·11 claims
- 0880US6500182B2Minimally-invasive medical retrieval deviceCOOK UROLOGICAL INC·Filed 1999·Granted Dec 31, 2002·292 cites·18 claims
- 0978US5897565AReleasable, surgical clampVANCE PRODUCTS INC·Filed 1995·Granted Apr 27, 1999·269 cites·22 claims
- 1077US8043303B2Handle for interchangeable medical deviceCOOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC·Filed 2008·Granted Oct 25, 2011·28 cites·16 claims
- 1175US7621880B2Double ended wire guideVANCE PRODUCTS INC·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 24, 2009·66 cites·22 claims
- 1274US5376096AMedical instrument for driving a suture needleVANCE PRODUCTS INC·Filed 1993·Granted Dec 27, 1994·174 cites·20 claims
- 1370US5015250AMedical instrument for driving a suture needleVANCE PRODUCTS INC·Filed 1990·Granted May 14, 1991·149 cites·28 claims
- 1466US6053934AReplaceable, medical device handleCOOK UROLOGICAL INC·Filed 1998·Granted Apr 25, 2000·151 cites·27 claims
- 1562US6468228B1Surgical tissue morcellatorVANCE PRODUCTS INC·Filed 1996·Granted Oct 22, 2002·121 cites·20 claims
- 1641US2007255256A1Irrigation CatheterVANCE PRODUCTS INC·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 1741US2005192592A1Self-tensioning handle for endoscopic deviceSTAMPER MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES I·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 1840US2004122445A1Rigid extractorVANCE PRODUCTS INC·Filed 2003·Application pending·0 cites
- 1940US2004054377A1Flexible cannulaFiled 2003·Application pending·0 cites
- 2034US4958621AEndoscopic aspiration instrumentVANCE PRODUCTS INC·Filed 1990·Granted Sep 25, 1990·23 cites·20 claims
- 2134US2005137585A1Back loading endoscopic instrumentsFiled 2004·Application pending·0 cites
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