John E. Heil
18Patents
17h-index
31Co-inventors
74Inventor score
Filing activity: Apr 19, 1990 → Jun 24, 2003
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.