Benjamin D. Pless
169Patents
53h-index
81Co-inventors
93Inventor score
Filing activity: Feb 16, 1984 → Jan 24, 2024
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6480743B1 | System and method for adaptive brain stimulation | Human Necessities | 594 | Expired |
| US6314962A | Method of ablating tissue around the pulmonary veins | Human Necessities | 495 | Expired |
| US6597954B1 | System and method for controlling epileptic seizures with spatially separated detection and stimulation electrodes | Human Necessities | 453 | Expired |
| US6311692A | Apparatus and method for diagnosis and therapy of electrophysiological disease | Human Necessities | 452 | Expired |
| US6473639B1 | Neurological event detection procedure using processed display channel based algorithms and devices incorporating these procedures | Human Necessities | 427 | Expired |
| US6645202B1 | Apparatus and method for ablating tissue | Human Necessities | 407 | Expired |
| US7089059B1 | Predicting susceptibility to neurological dysfunction based on measured neural electrophysiology | Human Necessities | 384 | Expired |
| US6474340B1 | Apparatus and method for diagnosis and therapy of electrophysiological disease | Human Necessities | 379 | Expired |
| US6427086B1 | Means and method for the intracranial placement of a neurostimulator | Human Necessities | 357 | Expired |
| US5131388A | Implantable cardiac defibrillator with improved capacitors | Human Necessities | 351 | Expired |
| US6690974B2 | Stimulation signal generator for an implantable device | Human Necessities | 350 | Expired |
| US4880005A | Pacemaker for detecting and terminating a tachycardia | Human Necessities | 331 | Expired |
| US6805129B1 | Apparatus and method for ablating tissue | Human Necessities | 327 | Expired |
| US6466822B1 | Multimodal neurostimulator and process of using it | Human Necessities | 321 | Expired |
| US6944501B1 | Neurostimulator involving stimulation strategies and process for using it | Human Necessities | 305 | Expired |
| US6805128B1 | Apparatus and method for ablating tissue | Human Necessities | 298 | Expired |
| US7894905B2 | Implantable system enabling responsive therapy for pain | Human Necessities | 268 | Active |
| US6810285B2 | Seizure sensing and detection using an implantable device | Human Necessities | 260 | Expired |
| US8140160B2 | Systems and methods for interacting with an implantable medical device | Physics | 230 | Active |
| US7110820B2 | Responsive electrical stimulation for movement disorders | Human Necessities | 217 | Expired |
| US4662382A | Pacemaker lead with enhanced sensitivity | Human Necessities | 188 | Expired |
| US6618623B1 | Ferrule for cranial implant | Human Necessities | 176 | Expired |
| US5683447A | Lead with septal defibrillation and pacing electrodes | Human Necessities | 176 | Expired |
| US4949719A | Method for cardiac defibrillation | Human Necessities | 169 | Expired |
| US6949095B2 | Apparatus and method for diagnosis and therapy of electrophysiological disease | Human Necessities | 159 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.