Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Brian Jeffrey Wenzel

44Patents
15h-index
38Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 25, 2000 → Apr 19, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7047078B2 Methods for stimulating components in, on, or near the pudendal nerve or its branches to achieve selective physiologic responses Human Necessities 89 Expired
US7848816B1 Acquiring nerve activity from carotid body and/or sinus Human Necessities 75 Active
US6675029B2 Apparatus and method for quantification of tissue hydration using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy Physics 67 Expired
US6442408B1 Method for quantification of stratum corneum hydration using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy Human Necessities 63 Expired
US8965490B2 Systems and methods for detection of the superior vena cava area Human Necessities 44 Active
US6668181B2 Method for quantification of stratum corneum hydration using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy Human Necessities 38 Expired
US9002446B2 Acquiring nerve activity from carotid body and/or sinus Human Necessities 32 Active
US7571000B2 Apparatus for stimulating components in, on, or near the pudendal nerve or its branches to achieve selective physiologic responses Human Necessities 32 Active
US9014809B2 Acquiring nerve activity from carotid body and/or sinus Human Necessities 32 Active
US8208999B2 System and method for estimating electrical conduction delays from immittance values measured using an implantable medical device Human Necessities 31 Active
US8504153B2 System and method for estimating cardiac pressure based on cardiac electrical conduction delays using an implantable medical device Human Necessities 30 Active
US8504152B2 System and method for estimating cardiac pressure based on cardiac electrical conduction delays using an implantable medical device Human Necessities 29 Active
US9066662B2 System and method for estimating cardiac pressure based on cardiac electrical conduction delays using an implantable medical device Human Necessities 25 Active
US8019410B1 System and method for detecting hypoglycemia using an implantable medical device based on pre-symptomatic physiological responses Human Necessities 24 Active
US8571642B2 Pre-ejection interval (PEI) monitoring devices, systems and methods Human Necessities 15 Active
US8517941B1 Implantable cardiac device and method for monitoring blood-glucose concentration Human Necessities 15 Active
US8396555B2 Apparatus for stimulating components in, on, or near the pudendal nerve or its branches to achieve selective physiologic responses Human Necessities 15 Active
US8092386B1 Method and implantable system for blood-glucose concentration monitoring Human Necessities 15 Active
US8326429B2 Acquiring nerve activity from carotid body and/or sinus Human Necessities 15 Active
US9282895B2 Method and implantable system for blood-glucose concentration monitoring using parallel methodologies Human Necessities 12 Active
US7909764B1 Methods and systems to monitor venous blood oxygen saturation Human Necessities 11 Active
US7949397B1 Implantable medical device capable of depressing appetite to control obesity using stochastic resonance electrical stimulation Human Necessities 11 Active
US8478403B2 Implantable systems and methods for use therewith for monitoring and modifying arterial blood pressure without requiring an intravascular pressure transducer Human Necessities 11 Active
US8162841B2 Standalone systemic arterial blood pressure monitoring device Human Necessities 9 Active
US7949398B1 Acquiring nerve activity from carotid body and/or sinus Human Necessities 9 Active

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