Patent assignee · US · COMPANY

St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.

677Patents
637Active
677Granted
65Portfolio score

Filing activity: Sep 23, 1993 → Jun 26, 2024 · 202 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7081114B2 Electrophysiology/ablation catheter having lariat configuration of variable radius Human Necessities 1,703 Expired
US8317744B2 Robotic catheter manipulator assembly Human Necessities 1,062 Active
US9825455B2 System and method of automatic detection and prevention of motor runaway Human Necessities 1,026 Active
US8684962B2 Robotic catheter device cartridge Human Necessities 992 Active
US8920368B2 Multi-user touch-based control of a remote catheter guidance system (RCGS) Human Necessities 652 Active
US7263397B2 Method and apparatus for catheter navigation and location and mapping in the heart Human Necessities 644 Expired
US8147486B2 Medical device with flexible printed circuit Human Necessities 463 Active
US7691095B2 Bi-directional steerable catheter control handle Human Necessities 368 Active
US8187267B2 Ablation catheter with flexible tip and methods of making the same Chemistry; Metallurgy 355 Active
US8444637B2 Steerable ablation device Human Necessities 341 Active
US7087053B2 Catheter with bifurcated, collapsible tip for sensing and ablating Chemistry; Metallurgy 324 Expired
US9918788B2 Electrogram-based ablation control Human Necessities 286 Active
US7974674B2 Robotic surgical system and method for surface modeling Human Necessities 286 Active
US8186877B2 Method and system for using common subchannel to assess the operating characteristics of transducers Human Necessities 272 Active
US8864757B2 System and method for measuring force and torque applied to a catheter electrode tip Human Necessities 264 Active
US9439736B2 System and method for controlling a remote medical device guidance system in three-dimensions using gestures Physics 256 Active
US9241768B2 Intelligent input device controller for a robotic catheter system Human Necessities 253 Active
US7235070B2 Ablation fluid manifold for ablation catheter Chemistry; Metallurgy 237 Expired
US9301810B2 System and method of automatic detection of obstructions for a robotic catheter system Human Necessities 235 Active
US9717141B1 Flexible printed circuit with removable testing portion Electricity 225 Active
US7416552B2 Multipolar, multi-lumen, virtual-electrode catheter with at least one surface electrode and method for ablation Human Necessities 217 Active
US8641663B2 Robotic catheter system input device Human Necessities 173 Active
US8562600B2 Integration of control software with a medical device and system Physics 169 Active
US7229437B2 Medical device having integral traces and formed electrodes Human Necessities 167 Expired
US7387126B2 Surgical system and procedure for treatment of medically refractory atrial fibrillation Human Necessities 164 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.