| Soft tissue retractor and method for providing surgical access RL Mueller, SW Boyd, JR Flom, LF Mangosong, WS Peters US Patent 5,810,721, 1998 | 1720 | 1998 |
| Tunneling instrument for port access multivessel coronary artery bypass surgery SW Boyd, AR Rapacki, M Vaska, BS Donlon, WS Peters, JH Stevens US Patent 6,613,069, 2003 | 1300 | 2003 |
| Method and apparatus for thoracoscopic intracardiac procedures JH Stevens, BA Reitz, AT Roth, WS Peters, HS Gifford US Patent 5,797,960, 1998 | 1151 | 1998 |
| Method and apparatus for thoracoscopic intracardiac procedures JH Stevens, BA Reitz, AT Roth, WS Peters US Patent 5,855,614, 1999 | 879 | 1999 |
| Endovascular system for arresting the heart KL Valley, DW Snow, WS Peters US Patent 5,766,151, 1998 | 863 | 1998 |
| Less-invasive devices and methods for cardiac valve surgery BS Donlon, WS Peters, ME Garrison, DC Rosenman, JH Stevens US Patent 6,010,531, 2000 | 792 | 2000 |
| Method and apparatus for thoracoscopic intracardiac procedures JH Stevens, BA Reitz, AT Roth, WS Peters, HS Gifford US Patent 5,924,424, 1999 | 694 | 1999 |
| Endovascular system for arresting the heart KL Valley, DW Snow, TC Corvi, BS Donlon, SW Boyd, SW Fan, AT Roth, ... US Patent 5,814,016, 1998 | 542 | 1998 |
| System and methods for performing endovascular procedures JH Stevens, WS Peters, WD Sterman, HS Gifford III US Patent 6,029,671, 2000 | 530 | 2000 |
| Devices and methods for port-access multivessel coronary artery bypass surgery SW Boyd, AR Rapacki, WS Peters US Patent 5,799,661, 1998 | 521 | 1998 |
| Endoscopic suturing devices and methods SC Daniel, BS Donlon, ME Garrison, HS Gifford III, DC Rosenman, ... US Patent 5,860,992, 1999 | 485 | 1999 |
| Method of Forming a Lesion in Heart Tissue JH Stevens, BA Reitz, AT Roth, WS Peters, HS Gifford US Patent 7,100,614, 2006 | 425 | 2006 |
| Endovascular system for arresting the heart KL Valley, DW Snow, TC Corvi, BS Donlon, SW Boyd, SW Fan, AT Roth, ... US Patent 6,913,600, 2005 | 403 | 2005 |
| Port-access coronary artery bypass grafting: a proposed surgical method JH Stevens, TA Burdon, WS Peters, LC Siegel, MF Pompili, MA Vierra, ... The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 111 (3), 567-573, 1996 | 380 | 1996 |
| Method and apparatus for thoracoscopic intracardiac procedures JH Stevens, BA Reitz, AT Roth, WS Peters, HS Gifford US Patent 6,679,268, 2004 | 338 | 2004 |
| Method and apparatus for thoracoscopic intracardiac procedures JH Stevens, BA Reitz, AT Roth, WS Peters, HS Gifford US Patent 6,955,175, 2005 | 295 | 2005 |
| Method and apparatus for thoracoscopic intracardiac procedures JH Stevens, BA Reitz, AT Roth, WS Peters, HS Gifford US Patent 6,401,720, 2002 | 279 | 2002 |
| Thoracoscopic valve prosthesis delivery device ME Garrison, HS Gifford III, JH Stevens, WS Peters US Patent 5,713,951, 1998 | 261 | 1998 |
| Lens-invasive devices and methods for cardiac valve surgery BS Donlon, WS Peters, ME Garrison, DC Rosenman, JH Stevens US Patent 6,651,671, 2003 | 254 | 2003 |
| System and methods for performing endovascular procedures J Stevens, W Peters, W Sterman, H Gifford US Patent App. 11/120,335, 2006 | 224 | 2006 |
