Inventor · Lake Jackson, TX, US

Edward A. Schroeppel

61Patents
40h-index
22Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 2, 1981 → Sep 6, 2011

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6024764A Apparatus for imparting physician-determined shapes to implantable tubular devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1,193 Expired
US4543955A System for controlling body implantable action device Human Necessities 731 Expired
US5749909A Transcutaneous energy coupling using piezoelectric device Human Necessities 355 Expired
US4628934A Method and means of electrode selection for pacemaker with multielectrode leads Human Necessities 278 Expired
US5792203A Universal programmable cardiac stimulation device Human Necessities 276 Expired
US5431693A Method of verifying capture of the heart by a pacemaker Human Necessities 272 Expired
US6366808B1 Implantable device and method for the electrical treatment of cancer Human Necessities 271 Expired
US4566456A Apparatus and method for adjusting heart/pacer rate relative to right ventricular systolic pressure to obtain a required cardiac output Human Necessities 269 Expired
US5749900A Implantable medical device responsive to heart rate variability analysis Human Necessities 217 Expired
US5871532A Epicardial lead for minimally invasive implantation Human Necessities 215 Expired
US4858610A Detection of cardiac evoked potentials Human Necessities 215 Expired
US5782884A Rate responsive cardiac pacemaker with peak impedance detection for rate control Human Necessities 209 Expired
US5991665A Self-cooling transcutaneous energy transfer system for battery powered implantable device Electricity 204 Expired
US6738663B2 Implantable device and method for the electrical treatment of cancer Human Necessities 181 Expired
US5443485A Apparatus and method for capture detection in a cardiac stimulator Human Necessities 167 Expired
US6035233A Implantable medical device responsive to heart rate variability analysis Human Necessities 150 Expired
US4432360A Interactive programmer for biomedical implantable devices Human Necessities 148 Expired
US5769881A Endocardial lead with multiple branches Human Necessities 146 Expired
US5776169A Implantable cardiac stimulator for minimally invasive implantation Human Necessities 130 Expired
US6002969A Cardiac lead with shape-memory structure Human Necessities 114 Expired
US5957966A Implantable cardiac lead with multiple shape memory polymer structures Human Necessities 113 Expired
US6144878A Implantable medical device responsive to heart rate variability analysis Human Necessities 107 Expired
US4848352A Method for cardiac pacing and sensing using combination of electrodes Human Necessities 104 Expired
US5908447A Breakaway structure for body implantable medical device Human Necessities 98 Expired
US4730619A Apparatus and method for adjusting heart/pacer rate relative to ejection time to obtain a required cardiac output Human Necessities 97 Expired

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