Inventor · North Oaks, MN, US

John E. Heil

18Patents
17h-index
31Co-inventors
74Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 19, 1990 → Jun 24, 2003

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5203348A Subcutaneous defibrillation electrodes Human Necessities 361 Expired
US5300106A Insertion and tunneling tool for a subcutaneous wire patch electrode Human Necessities 335 Expired
US5545202A Body implantable defibrillation system Human Necessities 324 Expired
US5230337A Process for implanting subcutaneous defibrillation electrodes Human Necessities 290 Expired
US5603732A Subcutaneous defibrillation electrodes Human Necessities 272 Expired
US6256541A Endocardial lead having defibrillation and sensing electrodes with septal anchoring Human Necessities 195 Expired
US5360442A Subcutaneous defibrillation electrodes Human Necessities 190 Expired
US5342407A Body implantable defibrillation system Human Necessities 175 Expired
US5090422A Implantable electrode pouch Human Necessities 142 Expired
US6212434A Single pass lead system Human Necessities 134 Expired
US6304786A Implantable lead with dissolvable coating for improved fixation and extraction Human Necessities 95 Expired
US6505082B1 Single pass lead system Human Necessities 77 Expired
US6345204B1 Single pass lead having retractable, actively attached electrode for pacing and sensing Human Necessities 38 Expired
US7218971B2 Implantable lead with dissolvable coating for improved fixation and extraction Human Necessities 34 Expired
US6584363B2 Implantable lead with dissolvable coating for improved fixation and extraction Human Necessities 27 Expired
US6408213B1 Low profile, ventricular, transvenous, epicardial defibrillation lead Human Necessities 21 Expired
US6321122A Single pass defibrillation/pacing lead with passively attached electrode for pacing and sensing Human Necessities 17 Expired
US6152954A Single pass lead having retractable, actively attached electrode for pacing and sensing Human Necessities 17 Expired

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