Alois A. Langer
34Patents
26h-index
15Co-inventors
82Inventor score
Filing activity: Mar 26, 1973 → Mar 22, 2021
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.