Inventor · Pittsburgh, PA, US

Alois A. Langer

34Patents
26h-index
15Co-inventors
82Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 26, 1973 → Mar 22, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4407288A Implantable heart stimulator and stimulation method Human Necessities 445 Expired
US4030509A Implantable electrodes for accomplishing ventricular defibrillation and pacing and method of electrode implantation and utilization Human Necessities 417 Expired
US4291707A Implantable cardiac defibrillating electrode Human Necessities 330 Expired
US4223678A Arrhythmia recorder for use with an implantable defibrillator Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 289 Expired
US4254775A Implantable defibrillator and package therefor Human Necessities 191 Expired
US4161952A Wound wire catheter cardioverting electrode Human Necessities 184 Expired
US4184493A Circuit for monitoring a heart and for effecting cardioversion of a needy heart Human Necessities 183 Expired
US4316472A Cardioverting device with stored energy selecting means and discharge initiating means, and related method Human Necessities 177 Expired
US4202340A Method and apparatus for monitoring heart activity, detecting abnormalities, and cardioverting a malfunctioning heart Human Necessities 152 Expired
US4210149A Implantable cardioverter with patient communication Human Necessities 150 Expired
US3952750A Command atrial cardioverting device Human Necessities 148 Expired
US5522396A Method and system for monitoring the heart of a patient Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 140 Expired
US4300567A Method and apparatus for effecting automatic ventricular defibrillation and/or demand cardioversion through the means of an implanted automatic defibrillator Human Necessities 128 Expired
US4303075A Method and apparatus for maximizing stroke volume through atrioventricular pacing using implanted cardioverter/pacer Human Necessities 122 Expired
US4164946A Fault detection circuit for permanently implanted cardioverter Human Necessities 113 Expired
US5966692A Method and system for monitoring the heart of a patient Physics 79 Expired
US4572191A Command atrial cardioverter Human Necessities 77 Expired
US4812724A Injector control Human Necessities 75 Expired
US4440172A Apparatus for combining pacing and cardioverting functions in a single implanted device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 74 Expired
US5014284A Discrete slope delta modulation with recovery means Electricity 54 Expired
US4567883A Data compression of ECG data using delta modulation Electricity 50 Expired
US4475551A Arrhythmia detection and defibrillation system and method Human Necessities 43 Expired
US4323075A Battery failure compensation for a power supply used in an implantable defibrillator Human Necessities 43 Expired
USD273514S Implantable defibrillator patch electrode or similar article General 39 Expired
US3953241A Heat resistant substrates and battery separators made therefrom Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.