Inventor · Mentor, OH, US

John W. Forsberg

74Patents
29h-index
46Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 29, 1975 → Jul 19, 2011

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5893883A Portable stimulation screening device for screening therapeutic effect of electrical stimulation on a patient user during normal activities of the patient user Human Necessities 377 Expired
US7203549B2 Medical device programmer with internal antenna and display Human Necessities 329 Expired
US7082333B1 Patient directed therapy management Human Necessities 266 Expired
US7551960B2 External presentation of electrical stimulation parameters Human Necessities 143 Active
US7066910B2 Patient directed therapy management Physics 141 Expired
US7640059B2 External presentation of electrical stimulation parameters Physics 124 Expired
US6456883B1 Apparatus and method for allowing immediate retrieval for information and identification from an implantable medical device having a depleted power source Human Necessities 117 Expired
US4708753A Water-in-oil emulsions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 108 Expired
US8265770B2 Driver circuitry switchable between energy transfer and telemetry for an implantable medical device Human Necessities 92 Active
US4844756A Water-in-oil emulsions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 89 Expired
US8005547B2 Inductively rechargeable external energy source, charger, system and method for a transcutaneous inductive charger for an implantable medical device Human Necessities 73 Active
US7286881B2 External power source having an adjustable magnetic core and method of use Electricity 72 Expired
US4447348A Carboxylic solubilizer/surfactant combinations and aqueous compositions containing same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 64 Expired
US4368133A Aqueous systems containing nitrogen-containing, phosphorous-free carboxylic solubilizer/surfactant additives Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 63 Expired
US5260268A Methods of drilling well boreholes and compositions used therein Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 61 Expired
US7561921B2 Neurostimulator programmer with internal antenna Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 56 Expired
US7076292B2 Optical communication of neurostimulation-system information Human Necessities 55 Expired
US4329249A Carboxylic acid derivatives of alkanol tertiary monoamines and lubricants or functional fluids containing the same Chemistry; Metallurgy 54 Expired
US5178786A Corrosion-inhibiting compositions and functional fluids containing same Chemistry; Metallurgy 53 Expired
US7191008B2 Implantable medical device with a dual power source Human Necessities 49 Expired
US8165678B2 Inductively rechargeable external energy source, charger and system for a transcutaneous inductive charger for an implantable medical device Human Necessities 48 Active
US4448703A Carboxylic solubilizer/surfactant combinations and aqueous compositions containing same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 40 Expired
US4770803A Aqueous compositions containing carboxylic salts Chemistry; Metallurgy 37 Expired
US4828633A Salt compositions for explosives Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Expired
US7356369B2 Z-axis assembly of medical device programmer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 35 Expired

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