Inventor · Minneapolis, MN, US

Kai Kroll

64Patents
28h-index
17Co-inventors
85Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 3, 1993 → Feb 27, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5925066A Atrial arrythmia sensor with drug and electrical therapy control apparatus Human Necessities 135 Expired
US5842967A Contactless transducer stimulation and sensing of ossicular chain Electricity 129 Expired
US5762583A Piezoelectric film transducer Electricity 120 Expired
US5879283A Implantable hearing system having multiple transducers Electricity 117 Expired
US5735876A Electrical cardiac output forcing method and apparatus for an atrial defibrillator Human Necessities 114 Expired
US6005955A Middle ear transducer Human Necessities 110 Expired
US5707338A Stapes vibrator Electricity 105 Expired
US5899847A Implantable middle-ear hearing assist system using piezoelectric transducer film Human Necessities 96 Expired
US6261224A Piezoelectric film transducer for cochlear prosthetic Human Necessities 92 Expired
US5836863A Hearing aid transducer support Human Necessities 91 Expired
US5391186A Method and apparatus for utilizing short tau capacitors in an implantable cardioverter defibrillator Human Necessities 88 Expired
US6342035B1 Hearing assistance device sensing otovibratory or otoacoustic emissions evoked by middle ear vibrations Electricity 82 Expired
US6592513B1 Method for creating a coupling between a device and an ear structure in an implantable hearing assistance device Electricity 80 Expired
US6050933A Hearing aid transducer support Human Necessities 77 Expired
US5782883A Suboptimal output device to manage cardiac tachyarrhythmias Human Necessities 72 Expired
US6001129A Hearing aid transducer support Human Necessities 68 Expired
US6171229A Ossicular transducer attachment for an implantable hearing device Electricity 63 Expired
US6351670B1 Electrical cardiac assist for an implantable syncope monitor Human Necessities 57 Expired
US6230056A Method and apparatus for preventing clotting during a trial fibrillation Human Necessities 51 Expired
US7720549B2 Partially implantable system for the electrical treatment of abnormal tissue growth Human Necessities 50 Expired
US7072712B2 Disposable external defibrillator with hinged housing halves Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 50 Expired
US6585637B2 Method and apparatus for fixation type feedback reduction in implantable hearing assistance systems Electricity 48 Expired
US6491722B1 Dual path implantable hearing assistance device Electricity 44 Expired
US6185457A Method and apparatus for electrically forcing cardiac output in an arrhythmia patient Human Necessities 41 Expired
US7412285B2 Method and device for treating cancer with electrical therapy in conjunction with chemotherapeutic agents and radiation therapy Human Necessities 40 Expired

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