| Top Inventors for class "Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application" |
| Rank | Inventor's name | Country | City/State | Last publication | # of patent apps in this class |
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| 1 | Imad Libbus | US | St. Paul, MN | May 16, 2013 / 20130123873 - HEART FAILURE MANAGEMENT | 74 |
| 2 | Jeffrey E. Stahmann | US | Ramsey, MN | Mar 07, 2013 / 20130060151 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGEMENT OF HEART FAILURE HOSPITALIZATION | 60 |
| 3 | Robert J. Greenberg | US | Los Angeles, CA | Feb 07, 2013 / 20130035742 - Face Detection, Tracking, and Recognition for a Visual Prosthesis | 58 |
| 4 | Andrew P. Kramer | US | Marine On St. Croix, MN | Jan 31, 2013 / 20130030485 - CARDIAC RHYTHM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SELECTING BETWEEN MULTIPLE SAME-CHAMBER ELECTRODES FOR DELIVERING CARDIAC THERAPY | 51 |
| 5 | Allan C. Shuros | US | St. Paul, MN | Nov 22, 2012 / 20120296382 - INTEGRATED CARDIAC RHYTHM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH HEART VALVE | 50 |
| 6 | Xiaoyi Min | US | Thousand Oaks, CA | May 30, 2013 / 20130138006 - SINGLE CHAMBER LEADLESS INTRA-CARDIAC MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING DUAL CHAMBER SENSING WITH SIGNAL DISCRIMINATION | 50 |
| 7 | Kerry Bradley | US | Glendale, CA | May 30, 2013 / 20130138167 - AUTONOMIC MODULATION USING PERIPHERAL NERVE FIELD STIMULATION | 38 |
| 8 | James O. Gilkerson | US | Stillwater, MN | Dec 13, 2012 / 20120316614 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR QUESTION-BASED PROGRAMMING OF CARDIAC RHYTHM MANAGEMENT DEVICES | 37 |
| 9 | Robert A. Stevenson | US | Canyon Country, CA | Mar 21, 2013 / 20130070387 - DUAL STAGE EMI FILTER AND OFFSET HIGHLY EFFICIENT MULTI-POLAR ACTIVE CAPACITOR ELECTRODES FOR AN ACTIVE IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE | 36 |
| 10 | Rafael Carbunaru | US | Valley Village, CA | May 30, 2013 / 20130138167 - AUTONOMIC MODULATION USING PERIPHERAL NERVE FIELD STIMULATION | 36 |
| 11 | Yinghong Yu | US | Shoreview, MN | Jan 10, 2013 / 20130013018 - IDENTIFYING HEART FAILURE PATIENTS SUITABLE FOR RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY USING QRS COMPLEX WIDTH FROM AN INTRACARDIAC ELECTROGRAM | 35 |
| 12 | Dan Li | US | Shoreview, MN | May 30, 2013 / 20130138005 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OFF-LINE ANALYSIS OF CARDIAC DATA | 34 |
| 13 | Andrew Digiore | US | Santa Monica, CA | Feb 21, 2013 / 20130046361 - MOLDABLE CHARGER WITH SHAPE-SENSING MEANS FOR AN IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR | 34 |
| 14 | Thomas Doerr | DE | Berlin | Apr 11, 2013 / 20130090707 - TEMPERATURE SENSOR FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL APPARATUS | 34 |
| 15 | Jordi Parramon | US | Valencia, CA | Apr 25, 2013 / 20130103115 - Communication and Charging Circuitry for a Single-Coil Implantable Medical Device | 34 |
| 16 | Steven M. Goetz | US | North Oaks, MN | Dec 13, 2012 / 20120316619 - PROGRAMMING INTERFACE FOR STIMULATION THERAPY | 34 |
| 17 | William J. Linder | US | Golden Valley, MN | May 30, 2013 / 20130138170 - MANAGING CROSS THERAPY SENSING IN A MULTIPLE THERAPY IMPLANTABLE DEVICE | 33 |
| 18 | Jiang Ding | US | Shoreview, MN | Jan 31, 2013 / 20130030485 - CARDIAC RHYTHM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SELECTING BETWEEN MULTIPLE SAME-CHAMBER ELECTRODES FOR DELIVERING CARDIAC THERAPY | 33 |
| 19 | Nathan A. Torgerson | US | Andover, MN | Aug 02, 2012 / 20120197351 - MEDICAL DEVICE RECHARGE SYSTEMS USING A CONTROLLER IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION WITH A SEPARATE RECHARGE DEVICE | 33 |
| 20 | Lowell L. Wood, Jr. | US | Bellevue, WA | Jun 13, 2013 / 20130148902 - Informational data indicative of a possible non-imaged portion of a region of interest | 32 |
| 21 | Roderick A. Hyde | US | Redmond, WA | Jun 13, 2013 / 20130151515 - Behavioral Fingerprinting Via Social Networking Interaction | 32 |
| 22 | Jon P. Davis | US | St. Michael, MN | Nov 22, 2012 / 20120296236 - THERAPY SYSTEM INCLUDING MULTIPLE POSTURE SENSORS | 32 |
| 23 | Qingsheng Zhu | US | Wexford, PA | Apr 18, 2013 / 20130096638 - VENTRICULAR PACING | 31 |
| 24 | David K.l. Peterson | US | Saugus, CA | Jan 10, 2013 / 20130013044 - NEURAL STIMULATION LEAD FIXATION | 31 |
| 25 | Kyungmoo Ryu | US | Palmdale, CA | Mar 14, 2013 / 20130066222 - SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING FAR-FIELD OVERSENSING BASED ON SIGNALS SENSED BY THE PROXIMAL ELECTRODE OF A MULTIPOLAR LV LEAD | 31 |
| 26 | Paul G. Krause | US | Shoreview, MN | Aug 02, 2012 / 20120194341 - ACCELEROMETER FEEDBACK CONTROL LOOP FOR PATIENT ALERT | 31 |
| 27 | John E. Burnes | US | Coon Rapids, MN | Nov 15, 2012 / 20120290030 - AV NODAL STIMULATION DURING ATRIAL TACHYARRHYTHMIA TO PREVENT INAPPROPRIATE THERAPY DELIVERY | 29 |
| 28 | Anne Margaret Pianca | US | Santa Monica, CA | Jan 17, 2013 / 20130018446 - ELECTRODE ARRAY WITH ELECTRODES HAVING CUTOUT PORTIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | 29 |
| 29 | Stuart Rosenberg | US | Castaic, CA | Mar 14, 2013 / 20130066222 - SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING FAR-FIELD OVERSENSING BASED ON SIGNALS SENSED BY THE PROXIMAL ELECTRODE OF A MULTIPOLAR LV LEAD | 28 |
| 30 | Yanting Dong | US | Shoreview, MN | Jan 10, 2013 / 20130013020 - Methods and Systems for Managing Fusion and Noise in Cardiac Pacing Response Classification | 27 |
| 31 | Michael A. Moffitt | US | Valencia, CA | May 09, 2013 / 20130116929 - SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STIMULATION-RELATED VOLUME ANALYSIS, CREATION, AND SHARING | 27 |
| 32 | James Kalgren | US | Lino Lakes, MN | Feb 28, 2013 / 20130053920 - REMOTE PROGRAMMING OF MRI SETTINGS OF AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE | 27 |
| 33 | Xiaohong Zhou | US | Woodbury, MN | Mar 07, 2013 / 20130060150 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING CARDIAC AND RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS USING ACOUSTIC SOUNDS | 26 |
| 34 | Avram Scheiner | US | Vadnais Heights, MN | Mar 21, 2013 / 20130073000 - IMPLANTABLE AND RECHARGEABLE NEURAL STIMULATOR | 26 |
| 35 | William T. Donofrio | US | Andover, MN | Nov 29, 2012 / 20120303081 - OPTICAL SENSOR AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A PATIENT CONDITION | 26 |
| 36 | Keith R. Maile | US | New Brighton, MN | May 30, 2013 / 20130138170 - MANAGING CROSS THERAPY SENSING IN A MULTIPLE THERAPY IMPLANTABLE DEVICE | 26 |
| 37 | Stephen Ruble | US | Lino Lakes, MN | Feb 28, 2013 / 20130053914 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF NEUROSTIMULATION USING CARDIAC RESTITUTION | 26 |
| 38 | Gene A. Bornzin | US | Simi Valley, CA | May 30, 2013 / 20130138006 - SINGLE CHAMBER LEADLESS INTRA-CARDIAC MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING DUAL CHAMBER SENSING WITH SIGNAL DISCRIMINATION | 26 |
| 39 | Arthur J. Foster | US | Centerville, MN | Feb 14, 2013 / 20130041444 - MEDICAL DEVICE LEAD WITH CONDUCTOR FRACTURE PREDICTION | 25 |
| 40 | Kelly H. Mcclure | US | Simi Valley, CA | Feb 07, 2013 / 20130035742 - Face Detection, Tracking, and Recognition for a Visual Prosthesis | 25 |
| 41 | Martin T. Gerber | US | Maple Grove, MN | Nov 01, 2012 / 20120277833 - ELECTRICAL STIMULATION THERAPY BASED ON HEAD POSITION | 25 |
| 42 | Yossi Gross | IL | Moshav Mazor | Jun 13, 2013 / 20130150857 - CORTICAL DRILLING | 25 |
| 43 | Jason J. Hamann | US | Blaine, MN | May 30, 2013 / 20130138167 - AUTONOMIC MODULATION USING PERIPHERAL NERVE FIELD STIMULATION | 25 |
| 44 | David J. Ternes | US | Roseville, MN | May 30, 2013 / 20130138170 - MANAGING CROSS THERAPY SENSING IN A MULTIPLE THERAPY IMPLANTABLE DEVICE | 25 |
| 45 | Rodney W. Salo | US | Fridley, MN | Feb 16, 2012 / 20120041506 - METHOD FOR TREATING MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION | 24 |
| 46 | Warren S. Dabney | US | Orchard Park, NY | Nov 22, 2012 / 20120296190 - MULTILAYER HELICAL WAVE FILTER FOR MEDICAL THERAPEUTIC OR DIAGNOSTIC APPLICATIONS | 24 |
| 47 | Eric C. Leuthardt | US | St. Louis, MO | Jun 13, 2013 / 20130148902 - Informational data indicative of a possible non-imaged portion of a region of interest | 24 |
| 48 | John Michael Barker | US | Ventura, CA | Jan 10, 2013 / 20130013043 - RETENTION ASSEMBLIES FOR IMPLANTABLE ELECTRIC STIMULATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING | 24 |
| 49 | Shantha Arcot-Krishnamurthy | US | Vadnais Heights, MN | Feb 28, 2013 / 20130053926 - SYSTEMS TO DETECT VAGUS CAPTURE | 24 |
| 50 | Muriel Y. Ishikawa | US | Livermore, CA | Jun 06, 2013 / 20130144623 - VISUAL PRESENTATION OF SPEAKER-RELATED INFORMATION | 23 |
| 51 | David L. Perschbacher | US | Coon Rapids, MN | Jun 13, 2013 / 20130150912 - METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING AND USING HEART RATE VARIABILITY AND HEART RATE VARIATION | 23 |
| 52 | Andre B. Walker | US | Monte Sereno, CA | May 09, 2013 / 20130116754 - MEDICAL DEVICE CONTACT ASSEMBLIES FOR USE WITH IMPLANTABLE LEADS, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | 23 |
| 53 | John L. Sommer | US | Coon Rapids, MN | Feb 21, 2013 / 20130046369 - IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL LEAD WITH BIASED ELECTRODE | 23 |
| 54 | James D. Reinke | US | Maple Grove, MN | Sep 27, 2012 / 20120245864 - STRAIN COMPENSATION FOR PRESSURE SENSORS | 23 |
| 55 | Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation | US | Valencia, CA | Jun 13, 2013 / 20130150938 - IMPLANTABLE SYSTEM WITH IMPROVED RF TOLERANCE | 23 |
| 56 | Bradford Evan Gliner | US | Sammamish, WA | Mar 14, 2013 / 20130066411 - SELECTIVE HIGH FREQUENCY SPINAL CORD MODULATION FOR INHIBITING PAIN, INCLUDING CEPHALIC AND/OR TOTAL BODY PAIN WITH REDUCED SIDE EFFECTS, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | 23 |
| 57 | Mark Zdeblick | US | Portola Valley, CA | Apr 18, 2013 / 20130096501 - System and Method for Patient Access Port Reporting | 22 |
| 58 | Jaeho Kim | US | Redmond, WA | Aug 23, 2012 / 20120215273 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONCURRENT ATRIO-VENTRICULAR ANTI-TACHYCARDIA PACING | 22 |
| 59 | Kjell Norén | SE | Solna | Feb 21, 2013 / 20130046194 - Arrhythmia Classification | 21 |
| 60 | Leonid M. Litvak | US | Los Angeles, CA | Nov 29, 2012 / 20120303096 - METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING AN IMPEDANCE OF ONE OR MORE ELECTRODES IN A COCHLEAR IMPLANT SYSTEM | 21 |
| 61 | Todd J. Sheldon | US | North Oaks, MN | May 23, 2013 / 20130131749 - METHOD FOR EFFICIENT DELIVERY OF DUAL SITE PACING | 21 |
| 62 | Dennis M. Skelton | US | Bloomington, MN | Aug 02, 2012 / 20120197322 - RECHARGE COUPLING EFFICIENCY FOR PATIENT POSTURE STATE | 21 |
| 63 | Jon Parker | US | San Jose, CA | Mar 21, 2013 / 20130073007 - SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING ELECTRICAL THERAPY BASED ON IMPEDANCE CHANGES | 20 |
| 64 | James M. Olsen | US | Plymouth, MN | Nov 29, 2012 / 20120303000 - Regulator | 20 |
| 65 | Dongchul Lee | US | Valencia, CA | Feb 16, 2012 / 20120041518 - NEUROSTIMULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH GRAPHICALLY MANIPULATABLE STIMULATION TARGET | 20 |
| 66 | Mark S. Humayun | US | Glendale, CA | Feb 21, 2013 / 20130046179 - OCULAR ULTRASOUND PROBE | 20 |
| 67 | Peter Gibson | AU | South Coogee | Jun 06, 2013 / 20130144354 - COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL NEURAL STIMULATION | 20 |
| 68 | Bruce Simon | US | Mountain Lakes, NJ | Oct 18, 2012 / 20120265280 - Electrical Stimulation Treatment of Hypotension | 20 |
| 69 | Robert W. Stadler | US | Shoreview, MN | May 23, 2013 / 20130131751 - APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELECTING A PREFERRED PACING VECTOR IN A CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION DEVICE | 20 |
| 70 | Stephen L. Bolea | US | Watertown, MN | Nov 01, 2012 / 20120277721 - SURGICAL INSTRUMENT FOR INJECTING A DRUG INTO PROSTATE TISSUE | 19 |
| 71 | Anthony V. Caparso | US | San Jose, CA | Mar 21, 2013 / 20130073000 - IMPLANTABLE AND RECHARGEABLE NEURAL STIMULATOR | 19 |
| 72 | Christine A. Frysz | US | Orchard Park, NY | Mar 21, 2013 / 20130069843 - Method of Operation of a Multi-Layer-Multi-Turn Structure for High Efficiency Wireless Communication | 19 |
| 73 | Donald L. Hopper | US | Maple Grove, MN | Aug 02, 2012 / 20120197323 - RESPIRATORY PARAMETERS FOR ARRHYTHMIA DETECTION AND THERAPY | 19 |
| 74 | Quan Ni | US | Shoreview, MN | Feb 21, 2013 / 20130046195 - WIRELESS ECG IN IMPLANTABLE DEVICES | 19 |
| 75 | Jeffrey M. Gillberg | US | Coon Rapids, MN | Feb 28, 2013 / 20130053906 - MORPHOLOGY-BASED PRECURSOR TO TEMPLATE MATCHING COMPARISION | 19 |
| 76 | Karen J. Kleckner | US | New Brighton, MN | Apr 18, 2013 / 20130096449 - ELECTROGRAM CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM | 19 |
| 77 | David J. Peichel | US | Minneapolis, MN | Aug 02, 2012 / 20120197350 - COMMUNICATION DIPOLE FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE | 19 |
| 78 | Kevin R. Seifert | US | Forest Lake, MN | Oct 04, 2012 / 20120253439 - COUPLING MECHANISMS FOR USE WITH A MEDICAL ELECTRICAL LEAD | 19 |
| 79 | Daniel Aghassian | US | Glendale, CA | Apr 18, 2013 / 20130096652 - Closed Loop Charger for an Implantable Medical Device System Employing Reflected Impedance Modulation | 19 |
| 80 | Jay A. Warren | US | San Juan Capistrano, CA | Dec 27, 2012 / 20120330370 - Methods and Devices for Identifying Overdetection of Cardiac Signals | 19 |
| 81 | Jordin T. Kare | US | Seattle, WA | Jun 13, 2013 / 20130148902 - Informational data indicative of a possible non-imaged portion of a region of interest | 18 |
| 82 | Kent Lee | US | Shoreview, MN | Mar 28, 2013 / 20130079842 - NEURAL CONTROL OF CENTRAL SLEEP APNEA | 18 |
| 83 | Rolf Hill | SE | Jarfalla | Apr 25, 2013 / 20130102858 - IMPLANTABLE SENSOR DEVICE AND SYSTEM | 18 |
| 84 | Anders Björling | SE | Solna | Jan 24, 2013 / 20130023779 - Method and System for Ischemia Detection | 18 |
| 85 | Daniel Felipe Ortega | AR | Buenos Aires | Apr 18, 2013 / 20130096638 - VENTRICULAR PACING | 18 |
| 86 | Robert S. Kieval | US | Medina, MN | Nov 15, 2012 / 20120290037 - STIMULUS REGIMENS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR REFLEX CONTROL | 18 |
| 87 | John H. Erickson | US | Plano, TX | May 23, 2013 / 20130131758 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROGRAMMING AN IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR | 18 |
| 88 | Henry R. Halperin | US | Pikesville, MD | Nov 01, 2012 / 20120277841 - BAND STOP FILTER EMPLOYING A CAPACITOR AND AN INDUCTOR TANK CIRCUIT TO ENHANCE MRI COMPATIBILITY OF ACTIVE MEDICAL DEVICES | 18 |
| 89 | Masoud Ameri | US | Maple Plain, MN | May 16, 2013 / 20130123884 - MRI COMPATIBLE MEDICAL DEVICE LEAD INCLUDING TRANSMISSION LINE NOTCH FILTERS | 17 |
| 90 | Joseph M. Bocek | US | Seattle, WA | Aug 23, 2012 / 20120215273 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONCURRENT ATRIO-VENTRICULAR ANTI-TACHYCARDIA PACING | 17 |
| 91 | Martin Cholette | US | Acton, CA | Apr 04, 2013 / 20130085489 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING RENAL DENERVATION VERIFICATION | 17 |
| 92 | John E. Kast | US | Hugo, MN | Jun 14, 2012 / 20120149254 - CONNECTOR ASSEMBLIES AND CONTACTS FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS | 17 |
| 93 | Lilian Kornet | NL | Maastricht | Jan 31, 2013 / 20130030490 - SELECTION OF SPINAL CORD STIMULATION ELECTRODES FOR USE IN CARDIAC THERAPY | 17 |
| 94 | Ingo Weiss | DE | Berlin | Apr 11, 2013 / 20130090707 - TEMPERATURE SENSOR FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL APPARATUS | 17 |
| 95 | Brett Schleicher | US | Valencia, CA | Feb 21, 2013 / 20130046361 - MOLDABLE CHARGER WITH SHAPE-SENSING MEANS FOR AN IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR | 17 |
| 96 | Krzysztof Z. Siejko | US | Maple Grove, MN | May 16, 2013 / 20130123873 - HEART FAILURE MANAGEMENT | 17 |
| 97 | Bruce D. Gunderson | US | Plymouth, MN | Apr 04, 2013 / 20130085406 - ELECTROGRAM SUMMARY | 17 |
| 98 | Joseph M. Pastore | US | Concord, OH | Feb 16, 2012 / 20120041506 - METHOD FOR TREATING MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION | 17 |
| 99 | Michael Moffitt | US | Valencia, CA | Dec 13, 2012 / 20120316617 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING RELATIVE POSITIONING BETWEEN NEUROSTIMULATION LEADS | 17 |
| 100 | Konstantinos Alataris | US | Belmont, CA | Mar 14, 2013 / 20130066411 - SELECTIVE HIGH FREQUENCY SPINAL CORD MODULATION FOR INHIBITING PAIN, INCLUDING CEPHALIC AND/OR TOTAL BODY PAIN WITH REDUCED SIDE EFFECTS, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | 17 |
