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
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.